2026-09-22 06:37 UTC
Conversely, some commenters defended the strategy, arguing that free-tier users shouldn’t expect day-and-date parity with paying subscribers, especially since Spotify’s ad-supported tier contributes a fraction of the per-stream payouts compared to Premium accounts.
Always amusing when Spotify subscribers claim to care about musicians. If you actually cared, you would not be paying for a streaming service and especially not Spotify.
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@Valmond@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2026-09-22 07:40
Sounds like Spotify sock puppet accounts lol.
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@dan@upvote.au 2026-09-22 08:12
Even if you do want to use a streaming service rather than buying music directly, Tidal pays something like 3x as much as Spotify per stream. They were also the first major streaming service to support lossless audio (11 years ago!) and the first to take a stance against AI-generated music. They label AI music, block royalties (people that upload AI music don’t get paid for it), and let users filter out all AI music.