• jpeps@lemmy.world
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    15 hours ago

    My perspective may be off but is €150000 a lot? I’d be curious to know if they donated anything to other similar Democrat events (and in other countries). I’d be more sceptical seeing Spotify donate to Trump’s actual campaign, but donating to the inauguration of a democraticly elected president doesn’t seem insane to me, even if the president is as awful as Trump.

    • stardust@lemmy.caEnglish
      1·
      11 hours ago

      They did also resign joe rogan in 2024 to give him a $250 million dollar deal. He’s played a huge part in radicalizing his listeners.

    • asdfasdfasdf@lemmy.world
      01·
      9 hours ago
      1. Doesn’t matter if it’s relatively a lot. It is objectively a lot of money. They could have donated it to a worthy cause like starving people.
      2. It’s Trump. They should have donated $0.
      3. It doesn’t matter if they’re democratically elected or not. Being elected doesn’t mean you’re good.
  • irelephant [he/him]🍭@lemm.eeEnglish
    0·
    16 hours ago

    I only use spotify for discovering music.

    I then download it (lucida.to is the best tool I have used so far) or buy it.

    I got an mp3 player for like €13 on aliexpress, but that broke a day or so ago (rip).

  • technocrit@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    18 hours ago

    If you want to support musical artists, pay to see them live and buy a t-shirt or something.

    But for listening… Don’t pay some disgusting corporation to trickle a fraction of a fraction of a penny to your fave artist. That’s not actual support, just corporate propaganda. Instead download or watch on youtube (with ad blockers).

    • PoopMonster@lemmy.world
      1·
      17 hours ago

      I’d love to see some of them live, but fuck all those bullshit ticketmaster fees. I’ll stick to buying their vinyls.

      • BrundleFly2077@sh.itjust.works
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        1 day ago

        I can survive using a different service for my podcasts. So this sounds like a good shout. But I’m impressed by the fact they supposedly have as many tracks as Spotify.

        Will chase this down.

        • cabbage@piefed.socialEnglish
          1·
          23 hours ago

          I think using anotger service for podcasts is important Podcasts are free, but Spotify has been trying to hijack the scene and ruin it for everyone.

          Personally I like AntennaPod.