Spotify’s HiFi add-on could cost an extra $5 per month

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• angelsomething@lemmy.one ⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Yikes.

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• manualoverride@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  So they kill their Car Thing player leaving customers with e-waste, add a bundle of features with high fidelity audio which only 1% of systems will benefit from, while jacking up the price. Well done Spotify, you have successfully enshitificated your service.

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• JonhhyWanker@sh.itjust.works ⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  • Laughs in Tidal.

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• ianovic69@feddit.uk ⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Code spotted within the Spotify app last year also suggests that the tier could come with 24-bit lossless audio

  At 44.1k, 16bit is CD quality which is perfectly good enough. But no, dupe people into paying more for something they can’t use. Typical.

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  • aleph@lemm.ee ⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    True, plus lossless is kinda pointless for streaming anyway since the difference between high-bitrate OGG Vorbis is basically undetectable even when using high-end gear.

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• solsangraal@lemmy.zip ⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  so many people think they’re “audiophiles,” yet say “ok, that’s good” when you only pretended to boost the 4K but didn’t change a damn thing

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