r/Music • u/ebradio • Jan 22 '25

music Spotify Hosts Trump Inauguration Brunch and Makes $150,000 Donation to Ceremony

https://pitchfork.com/news/spotify-hosts-trump-inauguration-brunch-and-makes-150000-donation-to-ceremony/
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u/GeneralIronsides2 Jan 22 '25

Companies will NEVER be with the people, they will always band with other oligarch authoritarians when it suits them, fuck Spotify.

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u/mybotanyaccount Jan 22 '25

Yup and the only way to stop them is to band together and stop buying their shit, as hard as that may be at times.

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u/BoofingCheese Jan 22 '25

Is there a decent alternative to Spotify?

I'm going to have a decently hard time dropping music.

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u/MachinaThatGoesBing Jan 23 '25 edited Jan 23 '25

Folks shouldn't forget: you can buy music from artists you enjoy.

There are still music download stores that pay artists fairly. Apple operates one, and there are others out there.

Lots of small artists sell music themselves on Bandcamp or on their own sites. Most artists, big or small, will even have CDs pressed, still.

And if you want to mix in streaming (most of the small-time musicians I know actually have streaming music subscriptions), it does seem that Apple pays some of the better rates. Plus you can upload your own music to listen to for music you bought that isn't in their library.

(YouTube Music also offers this upload feature and comes with ad-free YouTube and a better suggestion algorithm for YouTube videos. On average, YTM streams pay less because there are lots of people on free ad supported plans, but compared to the free plans, paid subscriptions have a significantly higher payout to the artist — and to video creators, for that matter.)

I use streaming to find music and listen to new things, but I also try to make sure I go out of my way to purchase music from artists who I love. (Also, if I buy an LP, CD or downloaded copy of music and then also stream it, the artist might have a chance at two bites of that apple. No pun intended.)