No shit ur still using today? A few months ago mine got shut down. Downloaded 2x other newer APK files and (I had been using mine for years) and both new ones were the same. Maybe I'll have to try again!

spotify already has a propaganda arm of trump, aka JOE ROEGAN podcasts.

Symfonium is paid on android but it's also the best. Works with navidrome, jellyfine, NFS, samba, etc...

Im thinking about the artists here because thats what the article is about. Spotify is still the biggest music platform so leaving it, even if the conditions are shit, means leaving money on the table.

It's hard to compare, because Spotify has a lot of features that aren't available on alternatives.

If you're just looking for music availability and audio quality, then the cost of Spotify is pretty middle-of-the-road as long as you're a westerner with mostly western musical tastes. But when you start getting into other qualities like social features, recommendation algos, API and third-party app integrations, multi-device controls/playback, etc... a lot of those things just aren't offered by competitors. Those features may not matter to you, but they should probably be considered when comparing platforms.

Spotify also has a lot of promotional pricing that they offer. I think students get a pretty substantial discount. They also offer family plans, so the cost can be split significantly that way, as well.

Except FOSS. Because if you can fork it, it cannot be enshittified… every time they attempt to, another fork can be made.

Doctorow is never wrong.

Beats me, email them, and ask how to send the money. Venmo probably.

In that case, send nothing, since they only ones still profiting are the greedy Labels keeping the music from becoming public IP anyway

Then pirate, or send 10$ to their heirs.

RIP Rick Danko