3/19/2023 0 Comments Plexamp volume![]() Spotify, Apple Music and Tidal were the three main contenders that I compared based on the (arguably niche) criteria I care about. This post was never meant to be a comprehensive comparison of different services and what they offer but in saying that, it got a bit out of hand. Worst case, I can still view them in the free version of Spotify if I decide to move on. Given my usage pattern, I'm not hugely worried about giving up custom playlists like "Discover Weekly" that I know a lot of people swear by. This cycle repeats as I add more songs to Liked Songs and my "play window" slides up to include the new song and as a result, the last song dropped "outside" of the window. While I've discovered a lot of new tracks over the years with Spotify, my general usage pattern is that I replay the last 10 - 20 songs on my Liked Songs playlist and occasionally I'll use the Song Radio feature on one of them. On their highest data plan, Spotify Premium is entirely free while lower plans give a partial subsidy but I've never actually used the Spotify Free tier in any meaningful capacity. I've had Spotify Premium for a number of years as part of an offer with my telco. It supports both streaming from Tidal and playing content stored locally on my Plex server, such as rips from games that never released official soundtracks.įor everything else, I can purchase albums from Bandcamp, including content that was never streamable in the first place, plus I can feel better that I'm better compensating the artists I enjoy.įrom here, you can either save yourself a solid 15 - 20 minutes and close the tab or if you'd like to read a deep dive into the bits and pieces that sold me on this setup, then I hope you enjoy what is now the longest post on this site to date □□ ¶ My history with Spotify The solution I've found that works for me, and that I'll be covering in this post, is to stream most things via Plexamp. The goal here is to find a setup that lets me listen to everything I enjoy, with as little friction, while still supporting the artists I care about. Instead, I'm just a fan of Failure who figured they would take this opportunity to review other streaming services and see how they fare. ![]() I can't speak to any of the above with accuracy nor is this a post about the ethics of the streaming model for artists. Not all of the images are legible if you look at them inline so just a heads up that you can click on an image to view the full thing.Īs I'm sure you're probably aware, Spotify has had a bit of news coverage lately regarding The Joe Rogan Experience.Īs a result, the band Failure announced that they are going to pull their music from Spotify in part because the streaming payouts are supposed to be some of the worst in the industry. Due to the nature of this post, it's pretty image heavy. ![]()
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