I think about switching from Spotify for a longer time now, but with the recent ICE ads I want to be in solidarity with the people in the US and kick Spotify out.

Now I checked the Quboz app and I am in a test month with Tidal right now - so far Tidal is great on my mobile. However I also need a client for Linux!

I am using spotify-client on Linux Mint and works flawlessly. I know its development is not the main goal of Spotify engineers, but it just works.

Now for Tidal and Quboz it seems to be problematic - only Electron apps without HiFi sound because the chromium engine throttles the quality. How am I supposed to switch from Spotify if I can’t use the alternative on Linux? Any advices/experiences?

    • data1701d (He/Him)@startrek.websiteEnglish
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      6 hours ago

      2 things:

      1. A lot of artists, you can pay money through Bandcamp or the artist’s store to get their music legitimately (and in lossless format, if you care about that kind of thing), and they often get a decent chunk of that money, especially when it comes to indie labels and self-published people.
      2. Why listen to (relatively) crappy YouTube audio when you can just get a FLAC or high bitrate MP3 off SoulSeek or simit?