As per title, if you had to switch away from Spotify ASAP, what streaming service would you go with? Ideally something around the same price range, meaning the change won't incur in extra expenses. Also good if the service does its job well: playing music and paying artists. Any feature parity with Spotify is a bonus, except podcasts, which don't require a paid streaming service. Or audiobooks. Focus on music. No piracy either (it's illegal). The more money going to artists, the better.

Edit: extra bonus points if it is not 'Murican! Also, piracy is very illegal!!!

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[–] 18 points 1 year ago (4 children)

I just switched to Qobuz and I like it a lot.

It's French, and they pay artists like 4 times as much as Spotify, Apple, and Amazon.

They have a huge library, the only issue I've had is sometimes I need to input the full artist name and song title in search for the song to come up.

Also, it's a music storefront as well. You can purchase songs from them to download and do with as you please. As an added bonus, subscribers to the streaming service get 60% off all music purchases. So if you ever want to think about branching off into self-hosting, Qobuz is a great place to start.

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  • [–] [S] 8 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    Interesting. I've seen Bandcamp, I think, having days where artists get all the money from sales.

    I'd considered Qobuz before, having heard of its better artist payment. It's unfortunately not available on Linux, which is a shame :(. I do have Android, though, which they probably support. Also difficult doing the switch when you're in a family plan, cause either it ends up costing you separately, or the whole family must move. Not sure I can get everyone on board, unless they see a benefit themselves

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  • [–] 4 points 1 year ago

    I switched to it. Not bad, but it's music discovery is awful compared to Spotify.

    Do any of the platforms have an 'instumental' tag for music? Feels like it should be a basic feature....

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