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Bandcamp is the way to go and Tidal if you really need streaming.
Tidal has decided to sunset it's app, which means it's basically on maintenance mode now. Somewhat off putting.
Did they? Couldn't find an announcement on the fly.
They laid off 10% of their workforce last year, and like 20% of the remaining work force late this year with cuts to engineering expected. It is not in a healthy place, seemingly, and they cover a very small slither of the market.
Edit: Couldn't find the exact article I had read before but this one seems well formatted. https://www.headphonesty.com/2024/12/tidal-bets-future-artists-djs/
It doesn't help that their parent company makes so little from them compared to a series of crypto ventures, but what can really compare to that.
Boy, that's a bummer. Thanks for the information, I've missed that.
I jumped ship over to Quboz for this reason. I've been really happy with it
I'm concerned with switching to a small alternative which then becomes untenable or shutters within a year and then having to piss around again.
They been around since 2007 though, so not my biggest concern right now
Never heard of them. They seem interesting, will definitely taka a look. Thanks for the hint!
Its app on a specific platform? Or do you mean the entire service? Seems weird that they would sunset their only product.
They've been making deeeeeep cuts in order to make the company "more like a startup", as per Jack Doresey's comments.
Well that's fucking dumb.