just so you know: big tech apps have 4.5+ rating cause of bot ratings. the only way is to just use something else. qobuz simply bans ai music from the platform, deezer has better artist recommendation by having people correct the algorythm a bit. there are alternatives out there, you do not have to live in shame anymore.
this post was submitted on 27 May 2026
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Or maybe just don't use Spotify at all?
I left Spotify when they paid Rogan a shitload of money to peddle his crap while making efforts to reduce the share of streaming revenue that independent artists received. Guess we all have our tipping points but I’m surprised it has taken some this long while claiming to care about artists.
'Please leave Spotify' full stop.
I left Spotify two years ago and haven't looked back. I've been happy enough with Tidal but eventually I'm going to start self-hosting.
Spotify is the death of music. It has already been happening now just start to randomly slip in AI generated music and soon your biggest cost, the artists goes away.
Maybe jot today hut in two years. Likely. Fuck Spotify. Streaming music was convenient but it broke incentives for artists.
I'm kind of afraid to send any kind of feedback to Spotify because for the last few years, they haven't actually charged me for my premium account. Literally the only reason I still use it over something else. I don't want to give them any excuse to look at it and fix the "problem."
I'd have to actually use Spotify for that. No thanks.
I’m all up for sharing alternatives that are good/better towards actual artists.
- Tidal
- Qobuz
- Deezer
- Apple Music
Literally everyone pays artists more than Spotify. Even fucking Peleton, apparently.
I've had the opposite experience with Tidal vs Qobuz. Tidal had almost none of what I listen to, but Qobuz did the best job of catching my library when I migrated.
I think it depends entirely on what your music interests are. But I've been pretty happy with Qobuz.
I was referring mostly to balancing out artist royalties with service quality/content, but preference is all subjective and their libraries are all huge. I mean, I’ve got several thousand albums, over 54k tracks in my local library and it would barely scratch a tiny percent of these services.
I actually like Qobuz as well, and it’s great for jazz and classical in particular. I have it integrated with Lyrion, but my wife prefers other services, and Deezer is the currently preferred option. We tend to rotate music services periodically and generally have two at any time. We don’t do much with video services, neither of us watches stuff frequently, but we game and listen to music often.
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Edit - I really do find Qobuz’s radio feature to be shit, but with Lyrion I have integrated “Don’t stop the music” plugin that pulls related artists via LastFM’s API and keeps an indefinite music queue going.
In general I prefer owning my music locally, and mostly use the streaming services for discovery.
Better yet, unsubscribe
The only "review" that Spotify will understand.
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Spotify was never any good. That fact that people even use it just help demonstrate how stupid the average person is.
FYI, Qobuz pays artists very well (the most of any streaming service last I checked) and they have a ton of audiophile-grade quality stuff. Been using them for a couple years, highly recommend.
I wish Qobuz was available in Slovenia 😓
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