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Struggling, what to do about Tidal? (lemmy.world)

submitted 3 weeks ago by Lauchs@lemmy.world to c/buycanadian@lemmy.ca

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When Neil Young asked us to switch to Tidal, I went along and loved that it paid the artists 10x more per stream.

But Tidal is American owned, spotify isn't...

I'm struggling on this one, a lot of the lil punk bands I love could really use the revenue but, y'know, trade war etc.

Anyone have any thoughts to assuage a guilty conscience on this one?

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[–] avidamoeba@lemmy.ca 2 points 3 weeks ago (3 children)

Qobuz. It's French and it pays more than Tidal. It's a privately owned company. You can also actually buy music from it in addition to streaming. Fuck Tidal.

[–] trevor@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (1 children)

If you buy music from there, does it include DRM that prevents you from playing it without their online service?

[–] wildbus8979@sh.itjust.works 0 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

24-bit FLAC.

https://github.com/vitiko98/qobuz-dl

[–] jjagaimo@sh.itjust.works 1 points 3 weeks ago

Ive heard qobuz limits downloads so you end up not being able to actually own every song you paid for

[–] Lauchs@lemmy.world 0 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Oh super cool, I will definitely check it out! Thanks!

[–] marius@feddit.org 1 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Deezer is also french

[–] lemmy_outta_here@lemmy.world 1 points 2 weeks ago

I just switched to Deezer! It is pretty good so far, and they seem to have even relatively obscure Canadian music. Good francophone content, if you're into that sort of thing.