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

submitted 3 weeks ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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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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[–] [email protected] 30 points 3 weeks ago (13 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.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (4 children)

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

[–] wildbus8979 15 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (2 children)

24-bit FLAC.

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

[–] [email protected] 6 points 3 weeks ago

Very nice! Thanks!

[–] can 4 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Does that just require a subscription?

[–] wildbus8979 4 points 3 weeks ago

I haven't used Qobuz in the past so take that with a grain of salt but I believe the downloader works with the streaming subscription. You can purchase album properly in FLAC, and even some in DSD and DXD.

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