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It is really easy to switch to Tidal using tunemymusic. The audio quality is better and the artists will get the royalties instead of podcast hosts you never l

It is really easy to switch to Tidal using tunemymusic. The audio quality is better and the artists will get the royalties instead of podcast hosts you never listened to. Still works with android auto and the UX is pretty much a clone of Spotify so the learning curve is very low. The migration dropped about 1% of songs from my playlists but nothing I'll actually miss.

spiffytech 5y ago
I keep trying to like Tidal, but Spotify beats it for me every time. On a content front, Tidal has 76% of my Spotify liked tracks and 83% of tracks from liked playlists (stats from Soundiiz). That's a not insubstantial amount of music to lose access to. That might be okay, except nobody comes close to Spotify's recommendations for me. I can count on the overwhelming majority of the "Daily Mix" or "Track Radio" content to be a good fit for me, and to have passable choice in musical moods. By comparison, Tidal gives me poor individual recommendations, and can't keep a consistent atmosphere during a playback session. I'm sure Tidal has great music that Spotify doesn't, but it's not showing that to me. I like that Tidal has higher-quality playback, gives artists a bigger cut, and has better controls over banning tracks/artists, artist credits, etc. And Tidal's recommendations are pretty far ahead of most other services for me. But I just can't count on turning it on without constantly skipping songs.
- lamontcg 5y ago
  > stats from Soundiiz Maybe tunemymusic is better than Soundiiz? I do have pretty pedestrian music tastes though...
  - spiffytech 5y ago
    > I do have pretty pedestrian music tastes though... That could very well be the difference. I don't know what normal numbers are, but Spotify says I listened to 2,518 artists last year, and I seldom listen to anyone that plays on the radio. Streaming music services seem heavily geared towards mainstream tastes. That's understandable, but doesn't work well for me personally.
    - HKH2 5y ago
      Spotify is good at helping me find non-mainstream electronic music.

spiffytech 5y ago

I keep trying to like Tidal, but Spotify beats it for me every time. On a content front, Tidal has 76% of my Spotify liked tracks and 83% of tracks from liked playlists (stats from Soundiiz). That's a not insubstantial amount of music to lose access to. That might be okay, except nobody comes close to Spotify's recommendations for me. I can count on the overwhelming majority of the "Daily Mix" or "Track Radio" content to be a good fit for me, and to have passable choice in musical moods. By comparison, Tidal gives me poor individual recommendations, and can't keep a consistent atmosphere during a playback session. I'm sure Tidal has great music that Spotify doesn't, but it's not showing that to me. I like that Tidal has higher-quality playback, gives artists a bigger cut, and has better controls over banning tracks/artists, artist credits, etc. And Tidal's recommendations are pretty far ahead of most other services for me. But I just can't count on turning it on without constantly skipping songs.

lamontcg 5y ago
> stats from Soundiiz Maybe tunemymusic is better than Soundiiz? I do have pretty pedestrian music tastes though...
- spiffytech 5y ago
  > I do have pretty pedestrian music tastes though... That could very well be the difference. I don't know what normal numbers are, but Spotify says I listened to 2,518 artists last year, and I seldom listen to anyone that plays on the radio. Streaming music services seem heavily geared towards mainstream tastes. That's understandable, but doesn't work well for me personally.
  - HKH2 5y ago
    Spotify is good at helping me find non-mainstream electronic music.