I’ve tried them all at some point from a hifi perspective. To me tidal is the one I keep going back to as the quality is great, music selection is superb, and discovery is good. I slightly prefer qobuz sound quality, but their new music discovery algorithms are sadly subpar. If you don’t care about finding new music outside the mainstream, buying directly from artists website is still best.
i have been using youtube music. i already had a google account and it is technically youtube which is one of the biggest payers. would like to find one that isn’t owned by one of the 5 companies that own everything lol
Any alternatives you like?
I’ll give you an actual answer as opposed to just going with another exploitative megacorp.
Buy their shit on Bandcamp or wherever full albums are sold. Use Plex or jellyfin to stream to your phone.
I’ve tried them all at some point from a hifi perspective. To me tidal is the one I keep going back to as the quality is great, music selection is superb, and discovery is good. I slightly prefer qobuz sound quality, but their new music discovery algorithms are sadly subpar. If you don’t care about finding new music outside the mainstream, buying directly from artists website is still best.
Tidal is what I like. Better sound quality.
Deezer is pretty good. https://www.deezer.com/
I’ve been using it for years now and haven’t come up empty on anything I’ve searched for. Their algo is good and doesn’t push bullshit.
i have been using youtube music. i already had a google account and it is technically youtube which is one of the biggest payers. would like to find one that isn’t owned by one of the 5 companies that own everything lol
If your objection to Spotify is that they don’t pay artists well, YT Music is a strictly worse option.
Based on what? Spotify literally pays the least