The Ugly Truth About Spotify Is Finally Revealed
The Ugly Truth About Spotify Is Finally Revealed
A year-long investigation by an indie journalist is a call to action
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Bandcamp is the way to go and Tidal if you really need streaming.
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Tidal has decided to sunset it's app, which means it's basically on maintenance mode now. Somewhat off putting.
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Did they? Couldn't find an announcement on the fly.
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They laid off 10% of their workforce last year, and like 20% of the remaining work force late this year with cuts to engineering expected. It is not in a healthy place, seemingly, and they cover a very small slither of the market.
Edit: Couldn't find the exact article I had read before but this one seems well formatted. https://www.headphonesty.com/2024/12/tidal-bets-future-artists-djs/
It doesn't help that their parent company makes so little from them compared to a series of crypto ventures, but what can really compare to that.
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Boy, that's a bummer. Thanks for the information, I've missed that.
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Its app on a specific platform? Or do you mean the entire service? Seems weird that they would sunset their only product.
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They've been making deeeeeep cuts in order to make the company "more like a startup", as per Jack Doresey's comments.
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Well that's fucking dumb.
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I jumped ship over to Quboz for this reason. I've been really happy with it
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I'm concerned with switching to a small alternative which then becomes untenable or shutters within a year and then having to piss around again.
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They been around since 2007 though, so not my biggest concern right now
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Never heard of them. They seem interesting, will definitely taka a look. Thanks for the hint!
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