I (Josh) switched from Spotify to Tidal a few years ago because even their non-HiFi codec sounds better. I also like the fact that Tidal has much more complete meta-data, so you can ID contributors to a song (musicians, producers, etc.) and then go down the rabbit hole to other things they've done.
Price hikes are very much needed, and I'm glad to see them finally happening. We've had a decade of music subsidized by investor money, which created the best conceivable experience for users, but it's not sustainable.
Remember that the $16 you used to pay would be $29.28 today.
Yes its true that other costs (production, distribution) now approach zero. We should not be paying anywhere near $30 per album in 2023. But we also need to pay more than $11 for everything.
I would love to see spatial come to Spotify, or even HiFi. I use Deezer for a lot of things, but I find myself on Spotify even more.
As far as price hikes go, of course I would like prices to stay the same. But, I look at it from the perspective of: I used to pay at least $16 for every album I bought. ( And I still do buy physical copies of certain albums.) Considering the near endless library that comes with a streaming service, I feel like I can’t complain too much about price hikes. What I’m getting for the money is simply extraordinary for someone who grew up buying one album at a time.
But yes, let’s have the highest possible audio quality across the board.
Curious about your experience with Deezer.
I (Josh) switched from Spotify to Tidal a few years ago because even their non-HiFi codec sounds better. I also like the fact that Tidal has much more complete meta-data, so you can ID contributors to a song (musicians, producers, etc.) and then go down the rabbit hole to other things they've done.
Price hikes are very much needed, and I'm glad to see them finally happening. We've had a decade of music subsidized by investor money, which created the best conceivable experience for users, but it's not sustainable.
Remember that the $16 you used to pay would be $29.28 today.
Yes its true that other costs (production, distribution) now approach zero. We should not be paying anywhere near $30 per album in 2023. But we also need to pay more than $11 for everything.
I would love to see spatial come to Spotify, or even HiFi. I use Deezer for a lot of things, but I find myself on Spotify even more.
As far as price hikes go, of course I would like prices to stay the same. But, I look at it from the perspective of: I used to pay at least $16 for every album I bought. ( And I still do buy physical copies of certain albums.) Considering the near endless library that comes with a streaming service, I feel like I can’t complain too much about price hikes. What I’m getting for the money is simply extraordinary for someone who grew up buying one album at a time.
But yes, let’s have the highest possible audio quality across the board.