I’ve had an Apple Music subscription for years and use it A LOT. I tried some alternatives (Tidal, Sirius, and maybe one other?) and wasn’t super happy with the options.

Is there a service that people recommend that is good, like $10/month or less, maybe gives better pay to artists? I’d like to spend on a better company if possible too. If Apple has enough money to buy gold trinkets for elected officials they probably don’t need more from me.

Edit: Thanks for all the responses. Some good ideas for sure. Gonna start with qobuz and band camp. Cheers!

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[–] 6 points 3 months ago (4 children)

Oh great, 0.25 instead of a 0.1 cent per listen what a great payout.
Yeah, I'll continue buying the CDs/individual songs (assuming they make it not too annoying)

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  • [–] 4 points 3 months ago (3 children)

    And how much do you think the artist gets from the CD sale? Listen to it more than a handful of times, and it's a lower payout than streaming.

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  • [–] 2 points 3 months ago (2 children)

    Bandcamp? Pretty much 100% (excluding deals with a label)
    Any other CD label? I don't care what the artist negotiated with their label. That is their own problem who they chose to do business with. But Spotify/Apple can't skim of 30% of the sale price.

    And I don't buy on iTunes.
    I buy on OTOTOY and other sites I can get FLAC files from.

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