But not like people are going to notice any difference over a stream if it buffers even slightly.
Most people can't even tell the difference between 192 and 320 kbps, they don't care about lossless over stream. Also screw spotify.
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I do care. I only buy FLACs. Sure, the i-dont-care-streamers are the majority, but even IF I would consider streaming I'd choose tidal over Spotify for that reason.
Hearing the difference is also affected by, obviously, the hardware used for playback+listening, the genre and also the recording.
And even if you don't hear it, it won't degrade when transcoding and you just get the best possible source for your moneyzs. Why settle for less.
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The only reason I'm still on Spotify is that I can pay like £2.20 to be in someone's family.
But the incessant push towards podcasts bugs me. When I'm driving, I shouldn't have to scroll through 5+ pages to finally get to the music section. That shit is dangerous.
As soon as Spotify inevitably enforces that families have to be the same household, as so many other streaming services have done before it, I'm gone.
Absolutely this, they are also really shit at giving you what you like and want to snd you to the same hack wankers talking bro politics.
Same for audiobooks, it literally never has the ones I am actively reading as jump back in options, just suggestions of pop psychology manosphere shite. I sear if I see another CEO or Jordan Peterson book... let me fijish the Mark Hoppus book goddamnit.
Their androidauto implenetation is poor
When I'm driving, I shouldn't have to scroll through 5+ pages to finally get to the music section
Į've recently discovered a feature I remember never really using, Car Mode, is no longer
Lol I got a. MP3 player and I can literally just play anything I want and if I want I can make it lossless, I thought Spotify already had this and I'm kinda surprised it's so behind the times.
I love my MP3 player, I make my own music so the fact I can just put said music on my MP3 player so easily is the best, also admittedly I have never used Spotify ever, never got the appeal when it's hard to find music you like on there with there limited selection