‘I can see a world where Spotify doesn’t exist’

[caught gesture]

‘I can see a world where Spotify doesn’t exist’: will a new generation of music streaming companies succeed?

Nimble, open-minded outfits such as Nina Protocol, Cantilever and Subvert are looking to bring more money to artists, and a richer experience for listeners

www.theguardian.com

New alternatives to Spotify and other established streaming services.

 

[pablolie]

‘I can see a world where Spotify doesn’t exist’: will a new generation of music streaming companies succeed?

Nimble, open-minded outfits such as Nina Protocol, Cantilever and Subvert are looking to bring more money to artists, and a richer experience for listeners

www.theguardian.com

Acquisition targets for the bigger streaming players, if their services start to get meaningful momentum.

 

[DVinylfan]

When things are enshittified to the extent that the money you spend on music is repurposed to develop death drone technology, as is patently the case with Spotify, despite the game of rearranging deck chairs on the Titanic among their command chain, IMHO it is time to seek an alternative.
Try e.g. https://www.junodownload.com/
I don't stream music, partly because I don't know where it comes from; I use physical media.
But good luck to all those who do stream; I'm not telling you anything you don't know if I say the landscape is becoming more complex.

 

[Westsounds]

Next to Facebook maybe

 

[kemmler3D]

I've at least jumped ship to Tidal ... And I think there is ample opportunity to improve on the Spotify experience, even if you love supporting its founder's politics and paying musicians as little as you can without actually stealing the music. More competition is good for the market, let's cheer them on.

 

[CptKaos]

When things are enshittified to the extent that the money you spend on music is repurposed to develop death drone technology, as is patently the case with Spotify, despite the game of rearranging deck chairs on the Titanic among their command chain, IMHO it is time to seek an alternative.
Try e.g. https://www.junodownload.com/
I don't stream music, partly because I don't know where it comes from; I use physical media.
But good luck to all those who do stream; I'm not telling you anything you don't know if I say the landscape is becoming more complex.

"the money you spend on music is repurposed to develop death drone technology, as is patently the case with Spotify"
at least the profits arent being wasted, renewing my subscription now /s

 

[pablolie]

There it goes again, the "streaming companies don't pay artists enough"... are we saying our favorite artists are incompetent idiots that lack the ability to make informed decisions as they sign up for their music to be available online?

 

[wwenze]

I'm still using files... what's Spotify

 

[RexrothPigeon]

‘I can see a world where Spotify doesn’t exist’: will a new generation of music streaming companies succeed?

Nimble, open-minded outfits such as Nina Protocol, Cantilever and Subvert are looking to bring more money to artists, and a richer experience for listeners

www.theguardian.com

https://medium.com/@collegehill/i-dont-know-who-needs-to-hear-this-but-nina-protocol-is-a-sketchy-nft-platform-b7af5185e2cf

 

[Soandso]

Here are general rates paid to Benn Jordan comparing the major streaming services' compensation pay out per stream back in January 2025 . Elsewhere I've seen that Deezer (my own subscribed to streaming service; nice yearly discount for "premium" membership) has a less than simply linear artist payment schedule; it depends on the number of subscribers in an area and their number of playing hits of the artists in a specific time frame.

 

[Subob]

https://medium.com/@collegehill/i-dont-know-who-needs-to-hear-this-but-nina-protocol-is-a-sketchy-nft-platform-b7af5185e2cf

Wow!, that's some read.

Interesting, but now my brain hurts even more than it do before.

 

[kemmler3D]

There it goes again, the "streaming companies don't pay artists enough"... are we saying our favorite artists are incompetent idiots that lack the ability to make informed decisions as they sign up for their music to be available online?

You can debate the rates per play, but Spotify is also giving my subscription money to podcasters and audiobooks, stuff I don't listen to or care about. For that reason alone it makes sense to switch if I intend to pay musicians for their work.

 

[pablolie]

You can debate the rates per play, but Spotify is also giving my subscription money to podcasters and audiobooks, stuff I don't listen to or care about. For that reason alone it makes sense to switch if I intend to pay musicians for their work.

Just like we should grant artists the free choice to upload their music to streaming services as they see fit, so do we have the right to listen (and pay for) any streaming service of our own choice. I also could not care less about Spotify's podcasts and audiobooks, but I see value in what they do for me when it comes to music. And it does not in any way mean that I do not buy media from my favortise artists. Over 44k tracks and 4k albums, all legally acquired, and the library keeps growing.

 

[kemmler3D]

Over 44k tracks and 4k albums, all legally acquired, and the library keeps growing.

While I see Spotify as being part of the problem, you sir are part of the solution!

 

[pablolie]

While I see Spotify as being part of the problem, you sir are part of the solution!

I just don't see it as mututally exclusive. In fact I think Spotify is -for me- a gateway to discover new artists that then become favorites.