I would like to switch away from Apple Music, and Spotify despite being a European company, is not a desirable option for me. What music streaming services would you recommend?

I managed to download a text-only list of the albums in my Apple Music library, so if there’s a simple library import option then that would also be very helpful.

  • smiletolerantly@awful.systems
    2·
    5 days ago

    If you are technically inclined: self host Jellyfin, use one of the various music streaming apps for it. Put the money you would have paid for x years of subscription into buying the albums.

  • noodlejetski@lemm.ee
    161·
    9 days ago

    pirate for offline storage, and use what you’d pay for the subscription to buy an album on Bandcamp if you really like it. you get to keep your music forever, and your favourite artists get to eat.

  • Sunshine (she/her)@lemmy.caMEnglish
    81·
    9 days ago

    Here is a comparison:

    Qobuz vs Apple Music

    Qubuz pays artist 1.8c per stream French Small Company

    Apple Music pays artist 1.0c per stream American More Selection

    • GissaMittJobb@lemmy.ml
      31·
      9 days ago

      To be clear, music streaming companies don’t actually award any money on a per-stream basis - license holders get a fraction of the sum of subscription- and ad-revenue proportional to the share of total streams that happened on that music streaming service.

      Since these companies all have fairly similar pricing, it’s mostly just a matter of the amount of consumption that happens on each platform.

      That one streaming service would be better than the other with regards to paying license holders is largely a myth. If you think music streaming is unfair to artists, you might want to just hand them money instead.

  • NotJohnSmith@feddit.ukEnglish
    4·
    9 days ago

    I’m using Soundcloud having moved from Spotify and am enjoying it.

    I’m not a massive music fan (i.e. No library to import) so can’t say how good it is at that

  • Bev's Dad@lemmy.ca
    1·
    7 days ago

    I’m trying out Qobuz as they partnered with Soundiz so transferring all your music is pretty easy.