Last year, I left Spotify for Qobuz and life is good. All I read about is people leaving Spotify. That, and Spotify’s attempts to stop paying artists with thresholds, bundling loopholes, fake bands, etc. It’s not difficult to leave Spotify and transfer your playlists to another service. The world will not end by leaving Spotify. Qobuz’s recommendations by “people not algorithms” has led me to artists I probably wouldn’t have heard if I had stayed on Spotify.
It’s sad that Spotify and likely most other corporations and industry groups are going to gauge fan loyalty and support through a financial metric. Some fans just don’t have the money to spend on concert tickets and merch that would put them in the superfan tier. Understanding the segmentation of audiences is legitimately important for musicians and their business strategies, but I hope they don’t lose sight of the fact that their fans are real people with real lives and real struggles.
Last year, I left Spotify for Qobuz and life is good. All I read about is people leaving Spotify. That, and Spotify’s attempts to stop paying artists with thresholds, bundling loopholes, fake bands, etc. It’s not difficult to leave Spotify and transfer your playlists to another service. The world will not end by leaving Spotify. Qobuz’s recommendations by “people not algorithms” has led me to artists I probably wouldn’t have heard if I had stayed on Spotify.
It’s sad that Spotify and likely most other corporations and industry groups are going to gauge fan loyalty and support through a financial metric. Some fans just don’t have the money to spend on concert tickets and merch that would put them in the superfan tier. Understanding the segmentation of audiences is legitimately important for musicians and their business strategies, but I hope they don’t lose sight of the fact that their fans are real people with real lives and real struggles.