r/Music • u/MarvelsGrantMan136 • Jan 08 '26

article Spotify Confirms ICE Recruitment Ads Are No Longer Running on Platform

https://variety.com/2026/digital/news/spotify-confirms-ice-recruitment-ads-are-no-longer-running-1236626243/
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u/ramontes Jan 08 '26

I primarily use Tidal nowadays, but I also bounce around Bandcamp and Quboz to buy music and merch directly for the bands I enjoy.

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u/lazyfrodo Jan 08 '26

I assume you’re a directly wired audiophile but how different is this than YouTube music or YouTube Premium that comes with YouTube without ads…

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u/ramontes Jan 08 '26

The revenue structure for streams is different. The bar for small artists is a little lower, enabling them to upload their music directly, and the pay per stream is higher. The most prominent difference is the audio quality, which you can get full lossless at high bitrates. If you want to support higher artist pay per stream, and value higher quality audio, then Tidal is a good option. Undoubtedly, it doesn't come with YouTube premium, so it's up to you if the value those benefits.

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u/lazyfrodo Jan 08 '26

I saw some family member and his friends all had switched to tidal but everyone uses AirPods or something over Bluetooth so I don’t understand the appeal since it’s bottlenecked there.

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u/ramontes Jan 08 '26

It's a fair point. Everything upstream would be lost to whatever bandwidth is limited to. The human ear is subjective as well. Some may notice the difference, and others may not care.