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  • Maybe they’ve since added blocking artists. I know that I had several back and forth conversations with Spotify support on this and there wasn’t any way to do it back then. I don’t want to block a song, I want to block an artist/band completely.

    I don’t want shuffle to take into account their licensing fees, or which record labels they have promotions with. I want a random mix based on my favorite songs or chosen playlist. This is unacceptable and part of why I cancelled Spotify.

    Tidal doesn’t use mqa. The company behind mqa went under and they’ve since changed to FLAC.

    Good headphones or great speakers and I do hear a difference. Not in every song, but in many. Spotify keeps promising better quality and they keep failing to deliver.

    For reference, I have studio monitors that are calibrated and room corrected. Yes. There is a difference.



  • After a few years on Spotify, I switched to Tidal.

    Issues I had with Spotify are:

    1. You can’t block a song, an artist or a band. Ridiculous really. For example, I dislike Kanye West and never want to hear his music, and blocking him on Tidal was easy.
    2. The Spotify shuffle algorithm is beyond terrible. If you have a 250 song playlist, you’ll hear the same popular 50 songs and never the obscure ones. Sometimes even back-to-back. It’s frustrating and they won’t fix it. It seems to be their algorithm is designed to promote some artists or bands more than others.
    3. Spotify have promised higher quality audio for years and still haven’t brought it out. With good headphones or speakers I can hear the difference that Tidal has.

    I miss how well Spotify integrated with Google Home though.