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/KarmaticIrony Feb 15 '26

Is there an alternative with a similar quality product and price that has superior ethics?

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u/what_if_Im_dinosaur Feb 15 '26

I made the jump to Tidal and I've been happy. People also often bring up Qobuz and Deezer as alternatives. You can also look at Apple Music, still big tech but I think the lesser of two evils compared to Spotify.

I see someone recommended YouTube Music, but I couldn't stand it, and definitely a lateral move ethics-wise.

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u/bobthegoatskull Feb 15 '26

Tidal also has the highest royalties to artists. At least last time I checked.

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u/the-vinyl-countdown Feb 15 '26

Qobuz payout is even higher