39

Even as an American software engineer, Iโ€™ve been working hard to ween myself off as much American software and services as possible. Iโ€™m currently using Deezer for a music streaming service. I initially thought their music discovery features were fantastic but starting to realize the mixes and flow pretty much just play the same set of songs in a different order most of the time. The app Iโ€™ve loved most for their pay scale to artists and audio quality is tidal but we would consider that American big tech, right? Do I sacrifice the rule when it comes to supporting the arts? I would love opinions.

all 14 comments
sorted by: hot top controversial new old
[-] statelessai@lemm.ee 5 points 6 days ago

I should have mentioned that I tried Qobuz and had trouble finding a lot of the music I enjoy. Their quality and artist payments are top tier though. Maybe I should give them another shot.

[-] OrlandoDoom@feddit.uk 3 points 6 days ago

I also had a look at Qobuz, but their tagging system is terrible, as a bandcamp user I'm kinda spoiled when I can look at and follow all the weird subgenre tags, Qobuz has "Metal" but no subgenres, and there's a whole bunch of "Metal" that just fuckin sucks, which makes discovering new stuff very difficult.

[-] brrt@lemm.ee 3 points 6 days ago

SoundCloud is awesome for me and from Germany ๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ช

[-] Coffeegrinder@feddit.nl 4 points 1 week ago

Checkout soundcloud

[-] Libb@jlai.lu 16 points 1 week ago

A few years ago I used Qobuz, it was nice. And French ;)

[-] petrescatraian@libranet.de 4 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago)

Mind everyone that, despite being European, Qobuz still lacks support for many countries out there, so not a great alternative to established streaming platforms if you're not in one of them.

Soundcloud seems like it's bigger.

[-] shinynewnuisance@lemmy.world 5 points 1 week ago

I Really like Qobuz, they do a lot of curation. I have found a lot of interesting music that way. And the quality is great as well.

[-] sherlock@feddit.nu 7 points 1 week ago
[-] Bezier@suppo.fi 16 points 1 week ago

If the point is to make more responsible choices, I think switching to spotify violates the spirit of it.

[-] tflyghtz@lemm.ee 6 points 1 week ago

They donated money to Trumps coronation

[-] torrentialgrain@lemm.ee 4 points 1 week ago

Theyโ€™re kind of a shitty company but yeah their discovery algorithms are still the best in the business for now.

[-] snuggledick@lemm.ee 6 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Haven't used it myself yet so can't talk about it their recommendation algorithm, but Qobuz has been recommended several times here, it's French and apparently has a very good payout to artists per play compared to others.

[-] drspod@lemmy.ml 3 points 1 week ago
this post was submitted on 02 Apr 2025
39 points (100.0% liked)

Buy European

5128 readers
1296 users here now

Overview:

The community to discuss buying European goods and services.


Matrix Chat


Rules:

  • Be kind to each other, and argue in good faith. No direct insults nor disrespectful and condescending comments.

  • Do not use this community to promote Nationalism/Euronationalism. This community is for discussing European products/services and news related to that. For other topics the following might be of interest:

  • Include a disclaimer at the bottom of the post if you're affiliated with the recommendation.

  • No russian suggestions.

Feddit.uk's instance rules apply:

  • No racism, sexism, homophobia, transphobia or xenophobia
  • No incitement of violence or promotion of violent ideologies
  • No harassment, dogpiling or doxxing of other users
  • Do not share intentionally false or misleading information
  • Do not spam or abuse network features.
  • Alt accounts are permitted, but all accounts must list each other in their bios.

Benefits of Buying Local:

local investment, job creation, innovation, increased competition, more redundancy.

European Instances

Lemmy:

Matrix:


Related Communities:

Buy Local:

Continents:

European

Buying and Selling:

Boycott:

Countries:

Companies:

Stop Publisher Kill Switch in Games Practice:


Banner credits: BYTEAlliance


founded 2 months ago
MODERATORS