The company is going all in on AI features, including AI-generated songs, to turn free users to paid.
  • Grilipper54@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
    3 hours

    I don’t want AI music; however Spotify has made great playlist of recommended artist of music I like.

    There platform also works correctly for listening on WiFi which Tidal did not.

    I think they will learn quickly that people don’t like AI generated music. If people do end up liking it, then I’m sad because so far Spotify recommendations is something I talked highly about in past years.

  • Caesium@lemmy.worldEnglish
    11 hours

    I won’t even pay for Spotify. I’ve only bought one song since the advent of AI and it’s from an artist I trust not to use slop

    • CosmoNova@lemmy.worldEnglish
      15 hours

      Right now I‘m enjoying premium family for free but if they start shoving AI in my face I won‘t use it at all anymore. I‘m already very annoyed by their obviously (and I‘m pretty sure technically illegally) paid for „recommendations“ on the home page and their stupid audio book credit system. I already wouldn‘t pay for Spotify premium myself in it‘s current form.

  • Free Trampoline!?@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
    11 hours

    They’re right, most people have shit music taste.

    I have shit music taste, but only because I’m self aware enough to know I do.

    You may be shrugging right now, going “well, I don’t have shit music taste.”

    You do.

  • FallenWalnut@lemmy.worldEnglish
    16 hours

    Music streaming companies with active anti-AI policies are: Qobuz, Tidal and Deezer

    Bandcamp is always worth mentioning if you want to buy music directly

    • fartsparkles@lemmy.worldEnglish
      16 hours

      Bandcamp rules. Not only can you buy music but many artists also sell merch, sheet music, art and more. It’s a great, one-stop-shop to support your favourite artists.

      And if you keep a look out, Bandcamp regularly email about “Bandcamp Friday” which are defined Fridays where they waive their share of the sale meaning the artist gets the whole cut!

      • Zectivi@piefed.socialEnglish
        15 hours

        Today is a Bandcamp Friday!

        Lots of artists also do special things for Bandcamp Friday, like put up signed vinyls for sale.

    • AmyAye@nord.pubEnglish
      12 hours

      Also today is Bandcamp Friday, Bandcamp does not take fees on purchases today.

    • floofloof@lemmy.caEnglish
      16 hours

      I have been enjoying Qobuz, since quitting Spotify a couple of years ago. Everything’s better quality, they have proper credits and PDF CD booklets, the classical music metadata is much better, it encourages you to listen more deliberately to music you choose, and I don’t feel dirty for funding scumbags.

      • bluemite@lemmy.worldEnglish
        3 hours

        I’ve been using Qobuz for about a year and generally like it. There are a couple of things that are making me want to switch though. 1) Artists often have albums associated with them that don’t belong. Check out the Australian band Jet as an example. 2) Some artists I like have albums on both Spotify and Tidal that they don’t have on Qobuz for some reason

    • Eldritch@piefed.worldEnglish
      13 hours

      Sadly for much of what I listen to outside of band camp none of those Services have what I want typically. It’s been a few years. Maybe I need to reassess it. But there is a reason I ended up on YouTube music. Just the breadth of the content. And the fact that you get regular YouTube ad free with it also isn’t a bad deal. That’s probably why I watch Mostly YouTube anymore these days.

      But I found myself having to skip more and more past AI artist that pop up randomly in the queue. Something I wouldn’t mind not doing. If any of these other services actually catered to the niches that I enjoy. Which is very hit or miss unfortunately. Last time I checked even Pandora and Spotify didn’t have a lot of what I listen to.

      • groot@toot.community
        12 hours

        @Eldritch @FallenWalnut diy getting better these days

        There are many ways but I’ve got rpi+beets+navidrome+tailscale at the moment and have recently added audiomuse-ai which is a game changer for spoon feeding me back my own library.

        • Eldritch@piefed.worldEnglish
          11 hours

          Oh I have about 6000 albums shared via NFS across my home network. And a fully automated icecast / shoutcast station with liquid soap on the back end controlling bumpers advertisements playlists Etc Over The Wider internet. I need to get that part set back up again eventually. But bandcamp and YouTube are just great for discovery. At least for what I listen to.

    • Random Dent@lemmy.mlEnglish
      15 hours

      Yeah I switched over to Tidal and I like it so far. The music quality is good and there’s just a simple toggle in settings to turn off anything to do with AI.

      The recommendations aren’t as good as Spotify’s but I’d rather deal with that than a barrage of AI bullshit.

  • torrigan@piefed.socialEnglish
    14 hours

    spotify execs can suck my whole entire cock. finally unsubbed last year after the sub prices growing every year despite no fucking change to service. I’d rather fucking download all the music I want to listen to, which means your enshittified service is failing in its one goal. piracy is the way

    • tag118@lemmy.zipEnglish
      13 hours

      It’s goal is wealth extraction and for this quarter and next it exceeds them.

      Their a bunch of absolute yeasty cunts.

  • RememberTheApollo_@lemmy.worldEnglish
    12 hours

    It’s crap. I’ve listened to a little of it. Generic, predictable, and full of issues like “singers” rapping out 30 seconds of high volume lyrics without a single intake of breath. But it fits in with the general overall quality of available music on Spotify. A sea of boring and low-effort junk.

  • Jinx@lemmy.caEnglish
    15 hours

    Spotify pays real musicians pennies. Anyone who appreciates music should ditch them.

  • gravitas_deficiency@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
    12 hours

    lol I’m so glad I unsubbed back when they started letting ICEatzgruppen advertise on their platform. I paid for ad free, but simply knowing they were running ads for the all-American Stasi made me drop them like a hot potato.

    • Chulk@lemmy.mlEnglish
      15 hours

      Not only that but they got data from all of that slop to see which slop got engagement and which did not. Now they can use that data to generate more convincing slop.