r/technology • u/tekz • 18h ago

Business Why are so many musicians removing their music from Spotify?

https://indianexpress.com/article/explained/explained-culture/musicians-removing-music-spotify-royalties-ai-daniel-ek-10208768/
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u/VitaminDprived 17h ago

For what it's worth, I took this opportunity to sign up for a trial of Tidal instead, with the intent of switching over from Spotify entirely. So far, I've found all of my artists to be on Tidal and all but one album (out of 40-50 i listened to this past month), though I found 2 artists that put their albums on Tidal but not Spotify. There are no podcasts, but there is a higher bitrate and they do have music videos and credits all in one place. I'm hoping I can make the jump.

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u/Sinister_Crayon 15h ago

Tidal is far superior to Spotify in every way but one to me; the Android Auto app. Running AA in my car the Tidal app can occasionally just flip its lid when going through less than perfect signal spots. Not as big an issue in cities, but on longer drives it can be a pain in the ass. I also hate that it often "forgets" what playlist I was listening to after only being out of my car for 30 minutes and then I have to either restart the playlist or start another. Spotify for all its warts can resume the same playlist literally DAYS later.

Having said that, yeah... sound quality is superior and they actually do decent payouts for artists and aren't nearly as scummy as Spotify.

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u/sugarPhlox 14h ago

Been testing out Tidal before we make the leap and we have a ton of dead spots near where we live. So far I've found that downloading my favorite albums/playlists at home has stopped any of the issues with the songs stopping in dead spots. Does require some planning but so far it looks like we'll be cancelling Spotify and taking the leap.

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u/Sinister_Crayon 12h ago

Well at least I'm happy to know it's not just me LOL. Yeah, the ability to download (in higher quality, too!) is a game changer and definitely makes Tidal more useful. I just wish it would remember my current playlists though... that's the big irritation.

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u/giantshortfacedbear 9h ago

That sounds like it might be a you thing ... I've been using Tidal on AA for multiple years and don't think I've ever experienced that.

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u/RamenJunkie 11h ago

Podcasts can be gotten anywhere though, there are plenty of Podcatcher apps. 

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u/anotherred 5h ago

They also pay their artists the most