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Suggestions for music streaming service? (feddit.nl)
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I currently have Spotify, mainly because I signed up a while ago and never really bothered to explore alternatives.

I pay โ‚ฌ13 every month these days which I feel is quite a lot. I was already thinking of getting a few friends together and sharing a family plan, which would make it cheaper. But if I'm doing that I might as well take a proper look at my options.

What are some good, hopefully ethical, European alternatives? I know Spotify is from Sweden so good in that regard (?). Deezer is French, but also mostly owned by some American investment firm. If I can believe what I read they pay artist a bit more, which sounds like a good thing, but I don't want my money to mostly go to American investors...

Any advice is highly appreciated!

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[โ€“] Meridula@europe.pub 3 points 3 weeks ago (4 children)

Is Deezer any good?

[โ€“] Niquarl@lemmy.ml 1 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Apparently they tag AI content at least

[โ€“] byzxor@beehaw.org 1 points 2 weeks ago

I've been using Deezer for almost a year, and if want to use it as a music discovery tool you're in for a bad time (this is what I found Spotify actually good at until around 2023). It's also really bad if you listen to artists whose name clashes with others. They do have a reporting system for this, but it takes a loooong time to see any changes. Quality is pretty decent though, although sometimes the apps (desktop, phone AND browser) will just stop playing songs randomly and error out.

[โ€“] M137@lemmy.world 1 points 2 weeks ago

Read my post here:

https://lemmy.world/post/33642043

You should look into things before giving them money, something isn't automatically good because it's (originally) European.

[โ€“] SecretTinyTux@lemmy.ml 0 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

I have been using Deezer for the past 4 months and it works great for me

[โ€“] M137@lemmy.world 1 points 2 weeks ago

Read my post here:

https://lemmy.world/post/33642043

You should look into things before giving them money, something isn't automatically good because it's (originally) European.