I read a lot of people saying that I should leave spotify for local files, or Apple music, só i Sant to go witb the Apple music route, but I havê to convincente my family members, what are tour best argumenta?
(They think the switch will ne to hard, and therefore it isnt worth it)
From what I know:
- They pay artists more (although still too little)
- Lossless audio
- If you’re already embedded into an apple ecosystem, it works well with it
Apple Music lets you use iTunes music as well. Pay for a song, own it forever. The only other real option like this is Qobuz, which is what I use.
I do feel i need to mention 2 things:
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Tidal pays artists way more than spotify or apple music. source
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Tidal offers more in terms of audio quality as well. Admittedly, while most of their catalogue maxes out at CD quality FLACs (16-bit, 44.1 khz), they offer up to 24-bit, 192 khz FLACs.
I will, however add that, in my country, Romania, there is no tidal for free, and there is no tidal plus/hi-fi. There is one subscription, named TIDAL, that covers all of the features, at the same price of 24 RON, equivalent to around 6 USD. However, paying from the app, instead of the website, Google takes a cut and the price is higher, so subscribe from the website.
As for the Apple ecosystem, I cannot comment on that, because I don’t use an apple device.
I have some ethics issues with how Tidal pushed MQA snake oil for years, charging more for less. Outright deceptive advertising for nothing but the money. I have bigger ethics issues with Spotify funding Rogan though.
Now, Apple is obviously its own titan and almost inherently harmful, but the music department does less active evil than the others. Qobuz seems fine in general so it’s the one I’d rec
I always chased the platform with the best audio quality and was disappointed with Tidal. I used Deezer before switching to Apple Music.
The only annoying thing about Apple Music is Spatial Audio is compressed and sounds bad, but it’s easy enough to switch off.
I think it highly depends which artists you listen to too.
In Romania, they are removing mqa content making everything flacs, which in my opinion is good*, as mqa is lossy compression, labeled as “max”. I don’t know about the rest of the world, but it might help you.
I have not seen any artists on spotify that weren’t on tidal. I do not know about the experience on other music services.
*Quick rant. Mqa cannot be played on browsers, and as such, some of my favorite albums could only be played at CD quality on my desktop computer (running linux). For this reason, I consider this change a good one.
From what I know: Apple Music has the Cloud Music Library so any of your own music you want to add you can access across devices, Lossless audio, and pays Musicians better. If those are things that you’re interested in or would benefit from at all then I would suggest switching over, if not you probably won’t see much of a difference
If you or your family care about privacy, their Android app has fewer trackers (see Spotify v. Apple Music).
I wish a knowledgable person would break down the pros and cons of the various streaming platforms. I use YouTube Music because Spotify has basically destroyed podcasts and gives Joe Rogan a platform, I tried Apple Music but its classical selection is totally different from the others and I didn’t have the things I had come to expect, and I still dislike YouTube. Google Play Music was literally perfect to me but nothing else is like it.
Maybe dumb question, but how is it even noticeable? I listen to music in the car and in $100 earphones and usually just ask phone’s assistant to play shit based on my mood. I honestly can’t even tell which service it chooses between Amazon Music, Apple Music or Spotify. What’s the difference exactly?
