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I hate to say it, because I know people are not a huge fan of the company, but Spotify is also European. They’re Swedish.
That’s mentioned in the article?
To be clear from the beginning, Spotify was founded in Sweden but now operates within financial structures that place it firmly inside the global Big Tech ecosystem.
Maybe article but not in the post
Whats up with the downvotes? I was just saying what i think the 1st comment meant. I thought this wasnt as negative place as Reddit, but i guess i was wrong
You get downvoted because Spotify has no place on the list of European alternatives despite it being based in Sweden for the reasons mentioned in the article, and yet you highlight them? Plus who cares about downvotes as there is no profile bound karma system.
True, but they have tons and tons of american investors and partners. They are firmly in that grip and also a shit company partnering with military surveillance tech as well as trying to stop paying their artists by stealing their work and making AI slop with it.
Nestle is also European and yet one of the worst companies in the world.
Just because a company is European, doesn’t mean they aren’t a horrible company that nobody should support or buy a single thing from.
Your client might have glitched out. It seems like you posted the same comment four times.
Thanks. Eternity hasn’t been updated in 8 months, so maybe it is a bit buggy. I will go delete the extras.
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Same. It’s what I use, I love that you can also BUY music though. Hard to recommend because their user experience needs a lot of work. (Eg. Can’t even change the language. Since I’m in Germany I have no choice but to use German for the ui)
I have option to change language in the android app at least. But I agree, their user experience could definitely use some work.
Someone mentioned it the other day, I switched and I’m happy with it so far. The main benefit for me is the native Linux app. It’s so much less cluttered than Spotify. Android/Android Auto also work without issues. Good library at a good price.
Written on the American Nazi platform Substack. The irony.
After getting Qobuz two months ago, my listening habits have changed; I listen to albums now instead of songs, and the quality provided by Qobuz is absolutely amazing!
You’re not wrong to call them out, they have a plan to migrate:
Without meaning to, we would be contradicting the spirit of this newsletter. Something similar happened when we chose to host Choosing Europe on Substack. Regarding that subject we are still working on our own solution which is getting closer. It will likely be ready later in February or in early March.
I tried Deezer and I might stick with it. Out of my whole music library it was missing a very small percentage of songs that TBH I don’t really care about. It sounds good and it doesn’t push podcasts down your throat. The only issue I encountered after about 2 weeks of using it is that the UX is not as good as in the Spotify app. I can live with that if that means I won’t contribute to the wealth of their CEO who’s slowly turning evil. I love the recommendations algorithm. It doesn’t feed you the same songs over and over again. In Spotify it feels like you’re in a constant loop. Open the mix and it regurgitates the same songs you’ve been listening in the past month. Scroll down and you see the recently played. Open discover weekly and listen to AI slop. Deezer flags albums that might be AI generated garbage and that’s another plus for me.
Qobuz is not available in my country (Romania) because I assume they just dont want money. Man, I hate geo-locking so much. It’s one of the dumbest things in the world. Just shut up and take my money!
Kinda related question: is there an EU version of Bandcamp?
I’d like to suppport smaller artists, and bandcamp’s business model is great (I can stream an album before purchase)
I buy a lot from Bandcamp. https://subvert.fm/ is supposedly an alternative but it’s not open yet and I’m not sure it is EU-only.
Hmm. Interesting, thanks!
There’s also ~/Music/MP3
Did you meant ~/Music/Opus?
No. Because my mp3 directory was created long before 2012. And the actual data formats inside it are irrelevant. :)
I use the family version of Qobuz. Comes to CAD $3.20/M per user, or CAD $38.40/Y per user.
They pay the artist super well, sound quality is good.
Some songs are missing, but can found in their store purchasing in other countries (for example, I not find some albums in their Canadian store, but I could find them in their U.S. store).
There is also AD free YouTube for missing songs. Or but them from Bandcamp during Bandcamp Fridays (for max artist revenue)
I find qobuzs song suggestions to be subpar to my liking and the music keeps buffering for only ten seconds compared to other services that load the whole song. Uk has pretty spotty signal so I end with lots of interruptions. Any advice on how to Improve?
That’s fair you ask how to improve the signal. You could try to either bring down the music quality, or to download the songs.
Other than that, do what you can to avoid anything that will slow down your bandwidth.
Online radio where anyone can support
Tidal?
The author assesses both Tidal and Spotify to be no longer under European influence:
To be clear from the beginning, Spotify was founded in Sweden but now operates within financial structures that place it firmly inside the global Big Tech ecosystem.
Similarly, Tidal was founded in Norway, but it now holds a marginal European market share of less than 1% and is controlled by American capital.
Both now operate within financial and corporate structures that place them outside the European sphere of influence. The cultural and economic centre of gravity is no longer European for these companies.
Thanks for the clarification! However, so far, I have not yet found an good enough replacement to Spotify…
Any alternative from europeen countries thst do not kwep defending Israel?
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Piratebay is Swedish of it helps
