Spotify are not a “big tech incumbent”?
What? They absolutely are lmfao, they absolutely dominate the industry in casual music listeners.
Oh I see what you meant… 🤦♂️
Definitely not FAANG or MANGA or whatever we’re calling it now.
Bandcamp is US owned, but still worth mentioning I think because of their commitment to high revenue sharing, about 80-82% goes directly to the artists. They have custom playlists, and offer high quality formats as well.
If the goal is a quality product and an ethical approach to supporting artists I’m not dead set on only using European alternatives
They also have Bandcamp Fridays, where 100% of the revenues go to the artist. Personally I always wait till those days to buy music on there
Qobuz also sells DRM free files in both high resolution and lossy file formats. https://help.qobuz.com/en/articles/10167-what-are-the-different-audio-formats-available-for-download
