I currently have Spotify, mainly because I signed up a while ago and never really bothered to explore alternatives.

I pay €13 every month these days which I feel is quite a lot. I was already thinking of getting a few friends together and sharing a family plan, which would make it cheaper. But if I’m doing that I might as well take a proper look at my options.

What are some good, hopefully ethical, European alternatives? I know Spotify is from Sweden so good in that regard (?). Deezer is French, but also mostly owned by some American investment firm. If I can believe what I read they pay artist a bit more, which sounds like a good thing, but I don’t want my money to mostly go to American investors…

Any advice is highly appreciated!

    • byzxor@beehaw.orgEnglish
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      2 hours ago

      I’ve been using Deezer for almost a year, and if want to use it as a music discovery tool you’re in for a bad time (this is what I found Spotify actually good at until around 2023). It’s also really bad if you listen to artists whose name clashes with others. They do have a reporting system for this, but it takes a loooong time to see any changes. Quality is pretty decent though, although sometimes the apps (desktop, phone AND browser) will just stop playing songs randomly and error out.