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Yeah I've used TIDAL for 8 years now and I've loved it. The fact that they pay artists better and even have a system for paying the artist you listened to the most each month is pretty neat.

Tidal is using a revenue share model, just like Spotify. A higher per-steam payout just means users on Tidal are listening to less music than Spotify users.

Tidal doesn't have free users though.

> Better music quality

Doesn't Spotify do lossless now? How can it get better than lossless?

> Great playlists

That sounds like a skill issue if I've ever heard one.

It's literally brand new for lossless to come to Spotify.

Also that's a really rude comment. Curated playlists are great for those of us who aren't regularly exposed to new music in any other way.

Well, what I found is that 'music quality' is not the same as how compressed a song is. Tidal tends to have different mastered versions of album's that do give a different listening experience.

What does lossless really mean. Sounds like an amorphous buzz word. It's only lossless from the master/copy they receive.