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Tidal’s subscription is getting simpler and cheaper — yes, you read that right (www.theverge.com)

submitted 8 months ago by [email protected] to c/technology

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[–] Renorc 13 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (2 children)

Tidal may not be the best streamer. It certainly does have its faults. But so do the others mentioned in these comments. For a subscription service to halve their rate is really unheard of. I appreciate it. This is really the type of pricing movement we need after so many years of out of control inflation. I wish Amazon, Disney, and Netflix would do something similar rather than endless cost increases without any improvement in services.

[–] Moneo 4 points 8 months ago (1 children)

I worry because like every streaming service they've slowly been reducing the amount they pay artists. How can they halve customer fees and not pay artists less?

[–] [email protected] 6 points 8 months ago

My guess is that they've realized that nobody subscribed to the highest tier, so they've incorporated its features into the normal tier, hoping to make it up in volume (I.e. new people subscribing because it's cheap and it offers more than Spotify). So perhaps they are going to be able to pay artists the same rates

[–] Deadful 1 points 8 months ago

As far as I can tell, I'm actually in the vast minority in that I use the service on a family plan and with my DJ gear. Streaming for DJs is being removed from family plans and it now requires me to pay for an individual plan + $9 a month in addition to what I'm already paying for the wife and kids, so I'm thinking about canning it.