So after watching those two videos theneedledrop posted about Spotify and it's Ceo I deleted it not only because I don't support military drones, and the lack of money going to artists, but because I simply don't want to use a platform that remains under control of some bald white. How has nobody started a platform that actually stacks up against Spotifys UI. Has anyone else deleted the app?

brown/tranny thread (they're the same thing)

i've never used Spotify, is it better than YouTube music?
i'm aware that this is like asking if shit is better than diarrhea, but whatever

>>127257279 (OP)
I've stopped using it because it's gotten more expensive while pushing the most generic music. Currently cycling through free trials of every other streaming service.

>Apple music - higher audio quality than spotify
>soundcloud - good if you like rap and electronic
>bandcamp - no free trial but def the music lovers platform
>qobuz - haven't tried yet but the audio quality is supposed to be topnotch

I'm also going back to downloading and internet radio.

i've unsubbed from spotify and i only use it in the car. i'm currently looking for other solutions.
the thing is, all of the music subscription services are very hit or miss, from shit ui to missing artist/albums/songs that would be on a different service.
what i actually want to do is stream music from my computer's library to my phone.

>>127257279 (OP)
Spotify isn't dead, will not be dying, and will most likely continue to grow. Cattle don't give a shit about anything you just listed. I always used an ad blocker for spotify so it was essentially "free" for me forever but even I stopped using it because it disgusts me now. It's back to local files for me from here on out. Fuck streaming "services". I'm glad sharethreads are making a slow come back so I can rebuild. You're going to want everything stored locally in the coming years anyway once you're denied access to everything online unless you ID yourself.

>>127257738
or everything becomes corrupted or unverifiable due to AI

>>127257279 (OP)
YouTube with adblock is all I will ever need for music. I don't understand why people pay for Spotify, it makes zero sense.

>>127257738
People aren't "cattle" because they don't lose sleep over dead Arabs. lol

I would pay extra for internet and apps that block India, China, Africa, Ukraine and Russia from using it / them.

>>127257774
low IQ philosemitism

>>127257776
Yeah those countries suck. Pakistan is the greatest.

Spotify ai makes me seethe so much, i wanna cancel my subscription

>>127257839
Do it then. What's stopping you???

I will never stop using Spotift. Immense respect for not caving when Neil Young was trying to force them to boot Joe Rogan

>>127257279 (OP)
>lack of money going to artists,
what's a reasonable amount of money to pay artists and where will it come from?

>>127257279 (OP)
I actually like drone honestly. Ill just go on Spotify and cue up Earth, Sunn O))), Khanate and Boris. The fuck is an Israel?

>>127257967
Half

>>127257995
half of what?

>>127257738
>'m glad sharethreads are making a slow come back so I can rebuild.
where?

>>127258024
All profits that they've generated.

>>127258052
>In 2024, Spotify paid out a record-breaking $10 billion in music royalties.
So you're just another dumb retard who thinks spotify is making billions in profit while paying 10% of it's money to artists when in reality the majority of they money they make goes to paying artists.

>>127257295
I mean the app itself is build pretty good but it's sneaky and I find myself glued to it more and more hours per day if I have it downloaded, and there's so much shit music on it radio is you just skipping through to pick out songs you like

>>127258089
I'm a dumb retard am I? What the hell bro, where do you get off making remarks like that? Anyway moving swiftly on from that, do you have any proof for what your saying? Or are you just making this shit up??

>>127258123
You were making stupid assumptions based on what your reddit friends told you.

>>127258177
Oh so you don't have any proof. You just want to defend the multi billion dollar company. Good goy.

>>127258198
I assumed it was obvious enough for you to do a quick search but you couldn't even be hassled to do that. But of course, keep thinking you are the smart one in the world.

>>127258340
*also keep in mind that 2024 was the first year that Spotify ever made a profit. They were negative every other year since they formed.

>>127258340
This doesn't tell me how much money artists are getting. It's cute that you thought this would somehow prove your point.

>>127258385
I already said Spotify paid 10 billion out total here based on a search>>127258089

You were the one saying they should pay half of their profit, when they are in reality paying 10x their profit.

>>127258421
These numbers don't add up bro. Are Spotify paying you too, or do you do this shit for free?

>>127257279 (OP)
I dumped it once the enshittification happened of adding podcasts and when they just didn't have much of the music I wanted it. Apple Music has something like 20 million more songs than Spotify too. The whole fake AI artist thing to farm back some cash is also fucked up and I hate it.

>>127258041
I see one every week or two, they're not as frequent as in the past but they're around.

>>127258089
So you're another retard that thinks they are playing Robin Hood and giving all their wealth away instead of wasting it on new offices all over the world?

>>127258421
>when they are in reality paying 10x their profit
They're paying out ten times what they make to artists? Doesn't sound like a very sustainable model

>>127257525
>def the music lovers platform
elaborate

>>127260214
It's not, it's just where artists can list their thousand dollar vinyls

>>127260201
~10x their profit, which is about 50-60% of their revenue.

>>127257627
Tidal but it looks like was made by a bunch of monkeys

I poop in my hand wearing a glove

>>127258385
>I have no idea what I'm talking about but I'm gonna argue anyway and post epic memes
what a great life you must have

>>127260214
Because trve underground and obscure musicians are there. And you xan directly pay for their slbums

>>127257295
How do you use YT music. Its barely even functional

>>127261454
misleading. spotify is great if youre getting billions of streams but for small artists its financial disaster. an artist or band with a relatively small but loyal audience used to be able to make some kind of income from CD and record sales but they get fuck all from spotify. still they feel like they have to let their music be on there for the sake of visibility and the potential to find a bigger audience, which most of them wont, and a big chunk of their existing fans who might otherwise have bought an album now feel like theyre doing enough to support the band by paying their monthly spotify subs even though 99.99% of it is going to taylor fucking swift

>>127260214
Because it won't spoonfeed you and you have to eventually pay artists to keep listening to most albums on the site. This appeals mainly to people more passionate about and appreciative of music.

>>127257279 (OP)
in order you to not use the app it takes some e-celeb crackers to remind you what is going on
so i give it max 3 months to get in again

>>127257774
Rent free

>>127257279 (OP)
I haven't used Spotify in years because privacy. I now use a third-party YT Music client and Apple Music… which is probably no better than Spotify in the privacy department but I digress.

>>127262382
Move the goalposts a little further, why don't you?

Don't care about the morals of corporations but https://github.com/SpotX-Official/SpotX

>>127262791
I didnt have any goalposts that was my first and only post itt

>>127261454
>what a great life you must have
Imagine getting this felted defending a billion dollar corporation

>>127260372
that's usually what they do when they want a release to be vinyl only, you aren't actually supposed to spend $999 on it. Now one could argue whether or not you agree with some music only being available "physically" but ultimately that is up to the artist who created it

>>127261454
>>I have no idea what I'm talking about but I'm gonna argue anyway and post epic memes
are you talking about yourself? I mean sure that number is the largest but you are ignoring all the other context surrounding it

>>127260103
I never claimed that. Spotify was losing money every single year and people were seething that artists weren't getting paid more. Where was the money to pay artists more supposed to come from?

>>127262382
>and a big chunk of their existing fans who might otherwise have bought an album
99% of their fanbase would just pirate their stuff. Spotify was created to combat piracy. You remember that Itunes was a thing where you could buy songs and full albums, and that wasn't a good option either for the labels.

>>127263232
what context is missing exactly?

>>127263408
U being a Spotify shill

>>127263726
So what, support Apple Music?

>>127263399
>Spotify was created to combat piracy
u wot m8
no it wasnt. Spotify wasn’t created by artists or labels or rights holders. it was created by 2 swedish dudes who saw an opportunity to potentially get mega rich and succeeded

>>127264451
Yeah, you're right. It was made by some guys and they went ahead and added music from major artists without asking for permission from the labels. The labels were so fucking mad but couldn't do anything to stop Spotify from adding their music. They asked nicely to take the music off but were told to pound sand so they sit and seethe eternally.

>>127264675
>being this retarded
ok keep shilling for spotify then you cuck

spotify is almost singlehandedly the reason modern music is dogshit

>>127264451
this anon said nothing incorrect

>>127264960
are you going to keep calling me a shill everytime you get proven wrong?

Labels literally have all the power as to whether their music gets uploaded to spotify or not. They were approached by the creators and they were told how much they'd get paid to allow their music on there. In the end they agreed and Spotify was born. The labels could've said no and Spotify would be dead in the water without any major music on there.

>>127265087
Based

>>127257525
>pushing
if you listen to "for you" playlists / autoplay you legitimately do not belong on /mu/

>>127258089
music industry is made up of middlemen wanting to get smaller artists into debt slavery and spotify is just another middleman

>>127265087
upvoted!

Based Fantano fucking with jewish people going full nazi !
FUCK SPOTIFY AND FUCK THE JEWS

>>127257279 (OP)
Who cares. I'm still gonna use it.

>>127264293
Lool what a retarded response. Keep choking on that corporate cock jewboy.

>>127265084
I think it's time 2 stop bud.

>>127265087
Basado.

>>127266160
Yeah, pieces of shit usually do.

>>127266446
Don't care :)

>>127257279 (OP)
Caring about shit like that is super gay.

>>127257279 (OP)
if you have a gut like that, are in that position, and wear a disgusting outfit like that, fuck you and your app, idgaf about the drone shit, fucking invest in a mirror if you're going up in front of people like that you slob fuck

>>127257279 (OP)
>>127257738
Normies don't give a fuck about political shit surrounding their apps. Every cent paid to Spotify could go to drowning brown children and they still wouldn't care because it's convenient and no one is going back to buying singles/records. The normie alternatives, Apple Music and Youtube Music, are pretty much just as bad (supporting Apple and Google), so if these soft-hearted faggy liberals mean what they say, they better not stream anything again EVER and post their massive disc/DVD collections

Who cares about AI military drones? Anything war related is out of my control. It's the same thing as people boycotting McDonald's because they provided Israeli soldiers with burgers or some shit. ME MYSELF AND I don't use streaming because that shit is too expensive and its not as if pirating music is that complicated or inconvenient to do.