I pay about that already (~$14 a month), but for Napster, which afaik gives the biggest cut of any streaming service to artists. They also have really good custom playlist management, I never get intrusive popups or emails, and premium means no ads, even with hours of listening. I switched after the Joe Rogan thing happened with Spotify and never looked back honestly.
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Spotify pays very little to artists, And the sound quality is not high.
I will be switching to Tidal very soon, as it offers HiFi and it pays more to artists. I believe it pays much more.
Spotify has been greedy and cheap in my most humble opinion!
It's to support all those artists right? Right?
SpotX works quite well.
Faster than inflation
It's funny: I haven't paid for any streaming/cable/media service in 10+ years; instead choosing to sail the seas, hord media, and host my own streaming service using tools like Emby/Plex/Jellyfin.
Spotify was the one and only service I had been considering, mainly because managing music files is still a PITA; but I keep running into articles like this one and renewing my will to fly the Jolly Rodger.
"it's just another dollar, brah"