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Spotify vs Tidal (for techno, specifically)



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This is a deep dive into the differences between Spotify and Tidal when it comes to techno music. We'll cover which has the larger selection of techno, differences in audio quality, artist compensation, recommendations and playlists, social features, and price.

As someone who has spent a lot of time on both of these platforms, and also runs a small techno record label, I felt like I might be able to save others some time and money by giving a fairly comprehensive look at the differences between Spotify and Tidal specifically when it comes to listening to techno. A lot of people want to know if there are differences in the availability of techno, or if things like Tidal HiFi are worth the extra cost, so all that gets covered extensively. Of course, the situation might change once Spotify HiFi gets released, so I'll post a comment below when that happens with my thoughts.

Timestamps / Chapters
0:00 Introduction
0:27 Which has more techno?
2:51 Audio quality: Intro
3:21 Audio quality: Technical
10:00 Can you hear a difference?
13:21 Artist compensation
16:10 Recommendation engines
19:26 Official playlists
21:33 The "social factor"
23:45 Pricing structures
25:15 Computer explodes if you click this
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Audio
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