Interesting numbers from Qobuz, a french music streaming service. But the press releases have slightly different emphasis on being european in the different languages.
The first paragraph of this press release in german reads (translated):
Qobuz proves that a European alternative that relies on sound quality and human curation can also find its audience in a mass market dominated by tech giants and achieve a positive balance.
In the french and english version it reads:
The success story of an independent French company that has become a global player alongside the music streaming giants.
It seems they only emphasize being european in the german press release, it’s missing from the english and french version.
Likewise the political views of Spotify’s CEO are not too problematic for me - those I know of. Defense spending is sadly necessary, at least the money stays in the EU.
What made me switch was that ICE was allowed to play recruitment ads. Granted as a premium user, I would never hear them, but it is the principal.
What made me stay was the quality of the streams. The difference in depth can easily heard, espescially on good stereo speakers or on headphones. The focus on albums, I’ve grown to like. I still do miss Spotify’s weekly playlist. Qobuz’ just isn’t as good, it only reflects your recent streams. However that is made up by the curated playlists. I’ve found so many artitsts I’ve never heard of. It’s like music radio shows used to be like.
Edit: however the qbz app does drain a lot of power
Are you able to migrate Spotify playlists? I’ve cancelled my Spotify premium after more than ten years with them and on the hunt for a new provider. Got podcasts sorted already and I like their per-stream money for artists so very tempted.
Qobuz suggests using a 3rd party service: https://help.qobuz.com/en/articles/10156-can-i-import-my-favourites-and-playlists-from-another-platform
Nice one. Cheers