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Struggling, what to do about Tidal? (self.buycanadian)
submitted 1 week ago by Lauchs to c/[email protected]
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When Neil Young asked us to switch to Tidal, I went along and loved that it paid the artists 10x more per stream.

But Tidal is American owned, spotify isn't...

I'm struggling on this one, a lot of the lil punk bands I love could really use the revenue but, y'know, trade war etc.

Anyone have any thoughts to assuage a guilty conscience on this one?

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[–] PlasticExistence 21 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (3 children)

You should buy Canadian where possible, but don’t upend your life over it.

Feeling guilt over the whims of politicians isn’t very useful. Just do what you can.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 days ago

I found it extremely easy to switch to French-owned Deezer from Spotify and saved money in the process.

[–] Lauchs 8 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Oh, I don't think this is upending my life, apologies if I sounded dramatic. Just trying to balance my "help the artists" vs "help all of Not America right now."

[–] PlasticExistence 6 points 1 week ago

I wouldn’t say dramatic. I understand how you feel though. There is no ethical consumption under capitalism regardless of how hard we try. It’s infuriating at times.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Personally I'm going for the level headed escalating approach. As with the real thing, I'm not actively buying anything American. I drive a Tesla (bought before all of this), stream Netflix, whatever else. But I'm willing to escalate if this drags out. Your god damn right if the used car market goes haywire again, that I'm going to dump the car (it's awkward to drive it now after all of this). I'm willing to escalate my anti-american stance, I'll cancel Netflix and whatever else. I'm willing to be reasonable. Problem is, I'm not sure they are ever going to be. The trump administration certainly isn't showing a willingness to be level headed.