Spotify Spotify music pro option is $6

[Fully Functional]

Think of it like this.
Spotify is radio.
It's not a record store. It isn't comparable with bandcamp etc. Or even with hq services.
Like radio it compresses the stream for efficient delivery and pays out at radio royalty levels.
You aren't buying the music, you are paying to listen to a personal radio.
And like radio you get stuff you might not like, you get random stuff you might like, and someone else is making a lot of money selling popularity data back to record marketing companies.


Do I want better quality, yes.
But that won't make Spotify better or more artist friendly.

If you really are bothered then buy from the artist or an indie record store,

 

[MCG555]

This.
It's shockingly shonky as an app. It just about holds together but is flimsy and tends to fall over / freeze.
They need a ground up rewrite

In this past years, I never had any kind of problems with the app. Works seamlessly, and stable!
The music I get in the suggested playlist are highly personalized. I am not easy to satisfy in this regard, but over time these suggestions became really good!
The quality is very acceptable for non-Hi-Rez.
The price - acceptable.
What the artists get? Yeah, this is probably the only point that wants me to move somewhere else…

 

[pieterv1]

It's not a record store.

Who said it is?

You aren't buying the music, you are paying to listen to a personal radio.
And like radio you get stuff you might not like, you get random stuff you might like, and someone else is making a lot of money selling popularity data back to record marketing companies.
If you really are bothered then buy from the artist or an indie record store

Pointless generalization of the week...

How is this so different with other streaming services? Remember, this is a forum from a brand selling, well, music "streamers".