iirc, it was in the link @Brantome posted that kicked this off again.
Spotify Spotify "Supremium"
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Brantome
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My fault again assuming people would open that link
That scenario would probably imply paying artists even less than they do today :-(
More teaser for the day!My fault again assuming people would open that link
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Not really. Scrap the free accounts, and implement a small charge to offset the price of the new lossless tier. Overall it balances out and they continue to pay the same to artists.
It’s only a pipe dream anyway
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Music is important to people.
They build a great app..have experience enough to make it better.
Youtube Music isn't the same ..it's not a simular alternative
I would say: Have the courage letting customers pay for your service.
It's worth paying for..
Make profit and improve the service even more.
They build a great app..have experience enough to make it better.
Youtube Music isn't the same ..it's not a simular alternative
I would say: Have the courage letting customers pay for your service.
It's worth paying for..
Make profit and improve the service even more.
Spotify as a music player is probably the most user-friendly app for me. I've never used Qobuz or Tidal, but Qobuz don't have a casting feature, and I often see Tidal Connect issues on this forum.
Spotify Connect is very stable, and I especially like the fact that it allows me to switch seamlessly with Bluetooth. (It can seamlessly connect music playback at home and in the car.) It's also convenient to be able to integrate with Alexa.
I mainly only use Search and My Library, so I don't get frustrated when there is content that don't need. I also appreciate the fact that personalized information is aggregated at the top of the home screen.
Spotify Connect is very stable, and I especially like the fact that it allows me to switch seamlessly with Bluetooth. (It can seamlessly connect music playback at home and in the car.) It's also convenient to be able to integrate with Alexa.
I mainly only use Search and My Library, so I don't get frustrated when there is content that don't need. I also appreciate the fact that personalized information is aggregated at the top of the home screen.
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Strictly speaking, it doesn’t have native cast functionality like Spotify Connect, Tidal Connect or Amazon Music AlexaCast. Once they finally release Qobuz Connect, it will.
Spotify Connect has been there for quite some time and I agree that's it is one of the USPs, even if customers don't really know about it.
Right now I've just been comparing Tidal and Spotify for about 2 months. Right now I would say that Tidal is about on par. The app is juas as user friendly as Spotify and Tidal Connect is about as stable. What Tidal is missing is market share for their connect solution and podcasts. Podcasts. Even more podcasts. Music is not as essential to the young generation as it's been for us old farts. But podcasts are.
Right now, Tidal delivers better quality and better value for me, but not for my entire family.
No need to even mention Qobuz.
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See I like tidal exactly because it doesn’t try and sell podcasts to me
This tells me that you're an old man, just like me.
I've never been interested in podcasts until now. Recently, however, I've been listening to "ESL POD" to learn English. It's sleep learning.
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Chromecast is native to the Qobuz app, it is just not proprietary.
Google Cast (which is the current correct name of the protocol) is very much proprietary. It's proprietary to Google.
Qobuz (like everyone else who uses it, except Google) has no control over this protocol. They can use the API or leave it alone.
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Now you are just being argumentative. Out of here.
What are you talking about? You started splitting hairs for no obvious reason (maybe except defending your favourite streaming service lacking it's own casting solutions).
I just had to get the facts (and nothing but facts) straight. No need to be upset.
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But isn't it so you don't need Spotify for podcasts?
Or am I wrong?
What I mean you can download a podcast app for instance like podcasts addict and listen to them in that specific app in stead of Spotify.
It's the excellent recommendations that make Spotify strong and those recommendations are important for discovering new content.
In that perspekt you could say you do need Spotify for podcasts..maybe you could say the discovering of new content is essential.
And isn't it the case, the free subscribers get the same recommendations as the paid subscribers?
You often still get adds in podcast even if you are paying.
Maybe they could do more for the paying customers.
I hope they will add high quality music at last ..on the smartphone app that is ,and I hope they can add more functionality if you are a premium customer.
For instance better AI options for discovering new content music,or podcasts.
I also have Tidal. Very pleased with the service i will support them too because in my opinion its a good streaming service.
Or am I wrong?
What I mean you can download a podcast app for instance like podcasts addict and listen to them in that specific app in stead of Spotify.
It's the excellent recommendations that make Spotify strong and those recommendations are important for discovering new content.
In that perspekt you could say you do need Spotify for podcasts..maybe you could say the discovering of new content is essential.
And isn't it the case, the free subscribers get the same recommendations as the paid subscribers?
You often still get adds in podcast even if you are paying.
Maybe they could do more for the paying customers.
I hope they will add high quality music at last ..on the smartphone app that is ,and I hope they can add more functionality if you are a premium customer.
For instance better AI options for discovering new content music,or podcasts.
I also have Tidal. Very pleased with the service i will support them too because in my opinion its a good streaming service.
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