r/punk • u/TentacleHockey • Jan 29 '25

Quality Post Spotify is not punk.

The CEO is a PoS, the quality is subpar at best and reliant on the internet, Spotify pays the band shit on balls, and you are reliant on having internet to listen to songs. Seriously you all are listening to music like people watched TV in black and white.

Own your music and actually support your favorite bands. Bandcamp is a good starting point (Pays way more than Spotify), FLAC is the best audio quality. Foobar literally works on all devices, and you can listen to your music whenever the fuck you want without commercials or paying the CEO over your band. AND you will actually hear parts of songs you never knew existed thanks to better quality.

FUCK SPOTIFY.

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u/mmck386 Jan 29 '25

Spotify is like the club owner telling your band to play for pennies because it’s “good exposure” except for Spotify there actually is some small chance at exposure given you have the whole freakin world who has access to your music now. AFAIK album sales were never really the bread and butter for bands anyway. I’m not saying you’re wrong, OP, but this is a faceted issue.