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‘Death to Spotify’: the DIY movement to get artists and fans to quit the music app
(www.theguardian.com)
this post was submitted on 12 Oct 2025
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Is there another service that has anything comparable to Spotify's family plan? I have like 4 other people on the family plan I pay for and I really don't wanna fuck them over by switching lol
I think that's the point of all this. It's currently way too cheap for the consumers. Adjusted for inflation from the 80s, an album would cost over $30 today. Each album. To get infinite music for $10 a month, yeah the artists are getting screwed.
Artists have never made any significant money from album sales unless they self publish. 90%+ of the revenue from a cd sale goes to the publisher, producers, executives, marketing, etc. Going to live shows and buying merch has always been the primary way artists actually make money.
I'm using Qobuz. As I know they pay the most to the artist ($0.01873 vs $0.004 ). Qobuz Family costs 20,83€ per months and I think you get free access to a service which moves your Spotify playlists to qobuz.
Is it user-friendly?
Yes. If your family knows how to use Spotify, they will be okay with qobuz.
Apple Music has a family plan, and it's cheaper than Spotify's, at least in Canada (16.99 vs 20.99).
Qobuz has a family plan too, a little more expensive than Apple's here but still cheaper than Spotify's.
Apple is hardly the giant corporation you want to be switching to, though.
None of us have apple devices.
Apple Music has an Android app.
Deezer? They still don't pay artists much, but I think it's still better than Spotify
The Artist-Centric model sucks. The artists that benefits the most is the biggest artists like Drake etc. This system does create a two-tier royalty structure that favors bigger or more established artists with a loyal fanbase
I'm switching to Tidal, they have a family plan
Is tidal user friendly? The people I share Spotify with aren't tech savvy.
The players / websites look almost identical