• RampantParanoia2365@lemmy.worldEnglish
    2·
    22 小时前

    Spotify’s interface always has some baffling design decision every time I’ve used it. Google is run by Satan, but at least he knows how to build a music streaming app.

  • Haley@lemmus.orgEnglish
    2·
    1 天前

    it’s a shame because Spotify was one of the only ones with a working free tier.

    but self-hosting feels nicer anyway

  • Denfa@piefed.caEnglish
    9·
    2 天前

    Spotify’s shitty algorithm drove me away. I love Qobuz. It doesn’t trap me in a loop— I get to pick everything I listen to.

  • Lantsu@sopuli.xyzEnglish
    6·
    2 天前

    I prefer collecting music, CDs into MP3s and listening to those on my PC using Strawberry or on my modded Creative Zen Micro MP3-player. I’m pretty sure to say that buying an used CD from thriftstore gives as much money to the artist as does streaming it on Spotify. (=0€)

    • redkid1324@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
      258·
      3 天前

      Ah yes Joe Rogan because he actually does interviews and asks questions instead of the mind numbing news outlets who are bought and paid for.

      • fosho@lemmy.caEnglish
        221·
        3 天前

        Hot damn you are all over this post repeatedly smashing your face into moldy dog shit with these comments.

        • redkid1324@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
          122·
          2 天前

          When did everyone stop liking Joe Rogan. Oh when he wouldn’t suck off to the establishment and is outside the operation mockingbird

          • BackgrndNoize@lemmy.worldEnglish
            5·
            2 天前

            You are assuming everyone liked him from the beginning, his podcast got popular amongst simple people because he would talk about random dumb shit like some chimp YouTube videos. Then he started doing interviews with some characters and the controversy from that him more fame, that’s about it. If you talk to normal people outside of your core group mostly no one takes him seriously and he is pretty much platforming the shittiest little facists and right wingers to blast their dumb views on his podcast, nothing he’s doing is improving society in any form, grow up and try to improve yourself instead of attaching yourself to some personality who doesn’t care about anything other than making money off of you

              • BackgrndNoize@lemmy.worldEnglish
                1·
                17 小时前

                Yeah becaude the average person is mediocre as fuck, have you met people, do most of them strike you as curious, imaginative and empathetic.

                As George Carlin said, Think of how stupid the average person is, and realize half of them are stupider than that

          • kestrel7_7@lemmy.worldEnglish
            8·
            2 天前

            I think it’s funny when conservatives say stuff like this. Like. Your kids are gonna grow up hating you & diverge from your reactionary ideology as soon as they can. I encourage you to have more!

            • redkid1324@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
              11·
              18 小时前

              No. When a father stays in the family and actually fathers a family and is a leader the kids are well off.

          • FistingEnthusiast@lemmy.worldEnglish
            82·
            2 天前

            That’s a very weird thing to say

            I have never understood what a “soy boy” is exactly

            I’ve also never understood what white supremacists (I’m assuming you’re some sort of bigoted weirdo) think they’re achieving by pretending they have many children

            I have no children. I don’t like children

            Right now, I’m laying back in my hot tub with a glass of wine

            I can guarantee that all the things you would like to have, I enjoyed and then tossed aside

            You’re pathetic and you will die alone and lonely

          • BackgrndNoize@lemmy.worldEnglish
            3·
            2 天前

            How did your normie, socially and intellectually stunted ass even end up on Lemmy. Did you get banned from Reddit ?

  • superglue@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
    7·
    2 天前

    I finally was able to get my wife to cancel it a few months ago. She is using my server now and it’s been a rough transition, but we are getting there.

  • Lanske@lemmy.worldEnglish
    11·
    2 天前

    Been boycotting them for 1,5 year or so. Went to Qobuz but mainly buy vinyl in recordshops or via bandcamp. Also buy a lot of digital albums during bandcamp fridays

  • bblinathong@piefed.socialEnglish
    692·
    3 天前

    Sorry, but there’s just no way I can boycott Spotify over this…

    Because I’ve already been boycotting them since 2019 for not paying artists enough.

    • expletivedeleted@lemmy.zipEnglish
      4·
      1 天前

      Um, one this is old news, and two, they aren’t getting my money. How else would I show them? I could at least tell tnem why I stopped GIVING THEM MY MONEY.

      How else would you show them why?

      • expletivedeleted@lemmy.zipEnglish
        2·
        1 天前

        Not when there are ample alternatives.

        Ahoy! There’s data on these torrential waters, and with the money we save, we can afford to buy all these bands’ merch and attend their shows!

    • Ostrichgrif@lemmy.worldEnglish
      5·
      2 天前

      I don’t support giving Joe Rogan any money either but I honestly think the Spotify deal helped move him out for the spotlight. I would say his peak was a few years ago before the Spotify deal, I definitely don’t hear as much out of him now as I used to.

  • Midnight1938@reddthat.comEnglish
    1011·
    3 天前

    The founder openly stating he was in it for the ads not musicians wasnt enough?

    (Quite early on into the company btw)

    • SurveyLance@lemmy.worldOPEnglish
      601·
      3 天前

      I wasn’t really paying attention to anything about Spotify until recently. My bad. I’m trying to get better about researching where my money goes.

      • blunket@lemmy.mlEnglish
        3·
        1 天前

        It’s not your bad. Most people are in the same boat. Excited for you though.

        If you’re anything like me, you’ll need to hear the advice to pace yourself and protect your sanity. You can get away from all of these companies without mental turmoil if you do it right.

    • Rothe@piefed.socialEnglish
      5·
      3 天前

      Plus all the other shit, like only paying artists spare change, hiring Joe Rogan to make an exclusive podcast series, pushing AI-slop music.

    • kepix@lemmy.worldEnglish
      22·
      2 天前

      do you really think the avg user know or care about any ceo statement? people flee when it gets too expensive.

      • blunket@lemmy.mlEnglish
        2·
        1 天前

        You have a point but you didn’t really frame it very well. I think you meant to defend the average person for not knowing how evil companies are, which I actually agree with.

        It’s true that the average user doesn’t know better, or doesn’t care, or has simply given up. It’s unfortunate though.

  • TheFeatureCreature@lemmy.caEnglish
    611·
    3 天前

    I’m sure that this will be the thing that convinces stubborn Spotify users to finally switch after they’ve ignored the last 481 controversies that Spotify has racked up.

    • SurveyLance@lemmy.worldOPEnglish
      52·
      3 天前

      Not everyone is aware of the controversies. Until recently I was one of them. I’m hoping this post will reach them and encourage them to join the boycott.

      • Amuro_eat@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish
        17·
        3 天前

        It was more that they pay the artists that make up all their content absolute dog shit in royalties since their inception that made me boycott, this one is just another cherry on the pile

        • SCmSTR@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish
          13·
          3 天前

          What no they paid that one talkshow libertarian dudeguy millions of dollars a year to be on Spotify checkmate atheists