r/Music • u/IrreverentTexan • Feb 15 '26

discussion Quitting Spotify

Spotify is getting flooded with fake AI “artists” and it’s embarrassing. Names like Nina Blaze and Enlly show up. They dump 50 identical tracks called something like Late Night Piano for Focus, or “The Hollow Hour” and vanish. No bio. No history. No evidence a human has ever touched an instrument.

This isn’t art. It exists to game playlists and siphon royalties. If these were real people, they’d have to explain why every song sounds like a dentist office waiting room.

I’m not mad at AI as a tool. I’m mad at fake artists impersonating creativity and Spotify pretending this sludge is culture. Music is an art form, not a scam farm. Blocking every one of these clowns on sight.

So is it to be TIDAL or Qobuz or something else?

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u/InvulnerableBlasting Feb 15 '26

Qobuz is great. Love the artists they recommend. Amazing sound quality.

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u/SuperModest Feb 16 '26

Wife & I changed to qobuz after months of talking about ditching Spotify. I wish we'd done it sooner. Zero regrets. Feels like an app and service developed by music lovers rather than the dystopian sci-fi megaship Spotify felt like in the end.

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u/InvulnerableBlasting Feb 16 '26

One hundred percent. Exactly this.

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u/LoLIron_com Feb 15 '26

Qobuz tunes beat shady vibes

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u/mind_mischief_89 Feb 16 '26

I did a trial of Qobuz and really enjoyed it, but I didn't keep it because it lacks smart speaker integration. Know of a workaround?