Even as an American software engineer, I’ve been working hard to ween myself off as much American software and services as possible. I’m currently using Deezer for a music streaming service. I initially thought their music discovery features were fantastic but starting to realize the mixes and flow pretty much just play the same set of songs in a different order most of the time. The app I’ve loved most for their pay scale to artists and audio quality is tidal but we would consider that American big tech, right? Do I sacrifice the rule when it comes to supporting the arts? I would love opinions.
Spotify’s Swedish
If the point is to make more responsible choices, I think switching to spotify violates the spirit of it.
They donated money to Trumps coronation
They’re kind of a shitty company but yeah their discovery algorithms are still the best in the business for now.