My opinionated scorecard, 0 - 5 scale, 5 = excellent
| Catalog | SQ | UX | value | decency |
Spotify 4 2 2 2 2
Qobuz 4 4 2 4ˆ 3
Tidal 3 4 3 3 2
Amazon 4 4 1 3 0
^ : $12.50/mo with Studio Premier year subscription
Summary:
| Catalog | SQ | UX | value | decency |
Spotify 4 2 2 2 2
Qobuz 4 4 2 4ˆ 3
Tidal 3 4 3 3 2
Amazon 4 4 1 3 0
^ : $12.50/mo with Studio Premier year subscription
- UX = client software user experience
- decency = aggregate of corporate track-record + potential for least-damage to humanity
Summary:
- Spotify can’t complete on SQ so they’re out of contention
- I had a Tidal subscription for a while, at the time the least-bad of the "hi-res" music services for me. I cancelled while playing around with my total $$$ spend on subscriptions of all kinds.
- I’m nearing the end of my Amazon Music "HD" free trial and won’t pay for a subscription for all the reasons, not least of which is Amazon being a soulless vampire-squid mega-corporation.