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matthewb.eth
@matthewb
interesting that Qobuz, Tidal, Napster, and Apple Music all pay 3-10x more per stream than Spotify, yet hardly any normies who complain about shitty streaming artist fees use them. seems like Spotify’s discovery algo is the real deciding factor for consumers listening to music, not paying artists. revealed vs. stated preference. also worth noting that each of the competing platforms listed above offers higher audio quality than Spotify, ranging from lossless 44.1/16 all the way to 192/24. this also doesn’t seem to matter too much for the average listener.
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Miguelgarest
@miguelgarest.eth
which service do you use/prefer?
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matthewb.eth
@matthewb
admittedly I am not a normal streaming user and have a dedicated system for two-channel listening, but I use both Tidal and Qobuz. between the two they have pretty large libraries and offer lossless all the way up to hi-res. if I was just listening on airpods commuting etc., I would probably use apple music since it has a huge catalog and also offers lossless quality. it just doesn’t play nice with hi-fi gear because of apple’s walled garden, so basically no streamer/DAC can support it.
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