Lol, why would anyone pay for slop? I wouldn't accept this even if they paid me. I like my music exactly the way the artist made it, that's why he's an artist after all. Damn morons at Spotify...
this post was submitted on 03 Nov 2026
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One weird trick, install Soulseek.
Spotify is screwed, SaaS companies are going down due to AI.
Ohh stop, I can't use them less than zero :)
I'm not sure I understand.
Can you pay extra to not get AI slop music?
There's already an audiobook subscription add-on. It's going to be like that probably. But at least that had extra content that cost Spotify money. Paying more for royalty free robot covers doesn't make sense.
That's coming up next for an extra $20.
There are FOSS alternatives to this junk, folks.
I made a video about it earlier this year because I absolutely, fucking hate Spotify with the fire of a thousand suns.
The TL:DW, though, is the apps Metrolist and OuterTune.
Stop fucking using slopify!
What alternative do you propose?
Make a post and ask. This isn't the first time this question has been put.
An actual proposal would have cost you less characters to type :D
I am pretty happy with Deezer
Thanks, I'll check it out
deezer nuts
Got em
Soulseek lmao
they gonna pay royalties on those remixes, correct?
If anyone else is a classical music nut (I am) I really recommend Hyperion Records. DRM free downloads with a choice of CD, FLAC, aac or mp3, and an average of two monthly samplers (with PDFs for the jewel case!) Oh, and they support actual starving artists and are very independent and all round excellent.
Failing that, I hear Orpheus is good...
Cancelled that shit back when they became a platform for right wing grifters.
and now AI music, because roegan wasnt enough apparently.
The streaming market leader is apparently adding an optional Al package to its Spotify Premium subscription, reportedly costing $4 to $5 per month, which could make the service's Premium subscription up to 39 percent more expensive.
This sentence is nonsensical - if you get an optional addon, then it's per definition not a price increase.
It's like if I went to the grocery store, bought the same items as before and then added several more to the cart, and claimed that "my grocery bill has increased". Apples and oranges.
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Drm free from bandcamp and cds for me
This is how I acquire music since a few years back too. More actively seeking out new music instead of eating the algorithm also made music much more fun again.
I'll predict that it's not gonna be worth 5$.
First, the ability to have artificial intelligence regenerate existing songs as remixes.
Corpos are truly out of ideas.
We made them this way by swallowing their shit for decades. No wonder they think it'll work again this time.
I would recommend Qobuz to anyone who wants almost the same ease of use, but with higher audio quality.
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This is why I buy cds from the artists I like . I have never and will never pay for a music streaming service. I prefer to cut out as many middlemen as possible.
Yeah, I buy a ton of digital and vinyls. Mostly for this reason.
Digital priority
Artist's website
Bandcamp
7digital
HD Tracks
Amazon Music
This is why I buy cds from the artists I like .
I have a 50GB MP3 collection that I have curated since I was a teenager. Every time I hear news about streaming services, I watch from the sidelines and grab some popcorn.
Why MP3 and not lossless tho?
I started with 128kbps MP3s (I was dumb when I was young as we all were) so I just stayed with the format. Nowadays they're all much higher bitrate and I honestly don't hear the difference.
smaller is more portable tho.
(opus)
Opus is an amazing file format.
Oh yeah it was great when I started converting a bunch of stuff to opus. Same quality, less space taken.
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So they are going to pass this onto the artists, right?
So they are going to pass this onto the artists, right?
qobuz doesn’t use AI and they pay artists fairly
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