Are there any alternative music streaming services that I could look into? (lemmy.ca)

submitted 13 hours ago by Sunshine@lemmy.ca to c/music@beehaw.org

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I want to avoid Spotify and Apple Music.

I have checked out Sound Cloud and they do have the artists I’m interested in but are they more ethical than the above services?

I could also buy cds as a last resort.

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[-] apotheotic@beehaw.org 3 points 4 hours ago

There was a video recently which tackled this among other things, apparently Qobuz has the best rates of pay for artists per stream. Though if you aren't in the supported regions then you won't be able to do streaming with it as I understand. The video has runners up.

(timestamped link to the relevant part of the video, but the whole thing is worth a watch) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QVXfcIb3OKo&t=13m20s

I've just started buying my music, however, since the payout to artists is far, far more. The initial investment is high, in needing to buy a lot of albums/tracks, but over time you won't need to do as much buying as you won't need to fill up all your backlog. Bandcamp is my #1 but Qobuz has had some of the artists I haven't been able to find on BC.