Buh-bye Spotify

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This episode is brought to you by Bowers & Wilkins & Roon: 👉 https://roon.app/en/ 👉 https://bit.ly/4ggz8X0 🎥 Camera: John Darko / Olaf von Voss 🎬 Editor: John Darko 🌈 Colour: Olaf von Voss 🕺🏻 Motion GFX: John Darko 💰 Ad segment: Jana Dagdagan 🎵 Song IDs? Playlists of all music heard in this video - and other videos - can be found on PATREON: https://www.patreon.com/johndarko 0:00 Intro 2:05 Reason 1 4:06 Reason 2 4:44 Reason 3 5:17 Reason 4 6:59 Reason 5 8:30 Reason 6 10:11 $500/month 12:43 Why not Qobuz? 👉 As mentioned in this video... Mood Machine: The Rise of Spotify and the Costs of the Perfect Playlist by Liz Pelly 🛒 https://amzn.to/4jayMTZ The Ghosts In The Machine by Liz Pelly 📖 https://harpers.org/archive/2025/01/the-ghosts-in-the-machine-liz-pelly-spotify-musicians/ Is there any escape from the Spotify Syndrome? 📖 https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2024/12/30/mood-machine-liz-pelly-book-review Psychoacoustic compression 📖 https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3417/9/14/2854 Cables and power products by AudioQuest 🛒 https://audioadvice.io/Audioquest Hi-fi furniture and speaker stands by Solid Steel 🛒 https://howl.me/ckbW9947Hdi Room treatment by Vicoustic 📖 https://audioadvice.io/Vicoustic Darko.Audio may earn a small commission from items purchased via affiliate links, as indicated by a '🛒'. Darko.Audio is an Amazon Associates Program member, an Audio Advice Program member and a Howl Program member. __________________________________________________________________ 📖 PLEASE READ *before commenting*! 1) Polite comments that advance the conversation are most welcome 2) No URLs, racist/sexist remarks or conspiracy theories 3) All comments here are moderated by a third party __________________________________________________________________ ⏰ How our YouTube videos get made: https://darko.audio/2021/10/how-our-youtube-videos-get-made/ Darko.Audio FAQ: https://darko.audio/faq/ Why are/were comments turned OFF? https://darko.audio/2020/10/why-im-switching-off-youtube-comments/ What the bloody hell am I talking about? https://youtu.be/MBzHB9877fg How is Darko.Audio funded? https://darko.audio/funding/ __________________________________________________________________ 🎧 Check out the Darko.Audio podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/darko-audio/id1368388920 https://open.spotify.com/show/1mnKixperZd4zmJWCvEbNl https://soundcloud.com/johnhdarko __________________________________________________________________ Web: https://Darko.Audio Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/darkoaudio/