How does Tidal justify the $19.99/ month price for high res??? Amazon, Apple and Quboz offer the same for about half the price, or less. While I did not agree with the MQA price, I could understand it as Tidal was the only purveyor of MQA. Now that Tidal is providing the same high res FLAC as eve…

@DancingSea It’s a complete mystery to me how TIDAL might sustain their current HiFi Plus pricing. I’m a long time TIDAL subscriber but the top tier is such an anomaly after recent and ongoing changes.

[image] DancingSea: Now that MQA is dying and Tidal has adopted the same FLAC files as everyone else, will Tidal adjust their prices to be more competitive? And if not, why? Because quite a few people here seem to really love paying more for the same thing. I’m not even sure it benefits arti…

It doesn’t need to, it’s way cheaper than it should be - enjoy it while it lasts

Tidal connect is the difference and the larger library in some genres than Qobuz, whether it’s worth it to the individual is subjective. On the hifi plus tier they used to give 10% of the subscription directly to the artist, no one else did that AFAIK, they stopped that in favour of another royalty…

The question could also be from a different perspective “How does Tidal justify continuing losses to shareholders of Block/Square?” A failed class action lawsuit by the shareholders shows that they have some heartburn with the company’s situation and mismanagement. I’m not sure that $ 19.99 is goi…

How does one justify complaining about $20 / month for access to millions of songs?

Other streaming services ask 15, 11 or 10$. The 20$ service offers nothing more than the others. In the long term Tidal will lose subscribers. That is how capitalism works.

I guess none of your kids are musicians?

This is no argument for paying more $ to Tidal. Choose a cheaper service and spend the saved money to a local charity. This helps much more for people in need.

You’re forgetting the gapless connect protocol I mentioned earlier which supports hi res streams, does Qobuz have that yet ? Does Deezer have it for cd quality audio? What bitrates dues airplay support? 24/192? Is Spotify lossless yet?

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How does Tidal justify the $19.99/ month price for high res?

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