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minus-squareFrozengyro@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·2 years agoIs there a streaming model that better supports artists, has a large catalog of music, and is reasonably affordable?
minus-squareDampSquid@feddit.uklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·2 years agoThe best thing you can do for artists is pirate everything (cutting out Spotify etc), and purchase an album a month from a band/artist you actually want to support. Buy direct for the artist, or Bandcamp (especially on Bandcamp Fridays)
minus-squareRiprider@lemmy.myserv.onelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·2 years agoI’m pretty sure Tidal pays artists better than Spotify or Apple Music.
minus-squarevividspecter@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·2 years agoFrom what I recall it’s better but not much better. They also shilled for their snake oil MQA format but thankfully they are moving away from that.
minus-squareifItWasUpToMe@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·2 years agoApple Music pays over double per stream to artists and is better quality audio than Spotify.
Is there a streaming model that better supports artists, has a large catalog of music, and is reasonably affordable?
The best thing you can do for artists is pirate everything (cutting out Spotify etc), and purchase an album a month from a band/artist you actually want to support. Buy direct for the artist, or Bandcamp (especially on Bandcamp Fridays)
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All of the above, ideally.
I’m pretty sure Tidal pays artists better than Spotify or Apple Music.
From what I recall it’s better but not much better. They also shilled for their snake oil MQA format but thankfully they are moving away from that.
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Apple Music pays over double per stream to artists and is better quality audio than Spotify.