Agreed, I don’t think the final solution should distract or take anything away from the listening experience. From a strategic POV; I think of it as what Shopify did for brick and mortar merchants. “One stop shop” for setting up an online store but for for artists to self-publish and manage their revenue.
*Edit: there’s an interesting article linked above where it talks about the potential of users / listeners / fans acquiring artist issued NFTs that can be redeemed at any time. The potential is that users / listeners / fans are rewarded with appreciating token value as artist popularity grows on the platform (ie. supply / demand). This could be an evolution of say, buying records or limited edition releases and having them appreciate over time.
Roon has said many times that they have tried with Amazon, and Amazon has zero interest. They also explained how the way Spotify works can not work with the way Roon works. The two platforms are mutually incompatible.
Thank you, that is a really interesting article. I subscribe to Qobuz, which isn’t too pushy, or if it is it’s not too annoying, but certainly seeing Roon as a machine for serving my needs rather than hustling for record labels is a good way of looking at it.
In Australia, the options for lossless streaming are very limited.
I personally don’t support MQA for ethical and sound quality reasons. Square’s investment in Tidal for me, sadly appears to cement and bolster Tidal’s strategy for widespread MQA world domination.
That said, if you want to stream and use Roon in OZ right now, the ‘dark side’ is the only option.
Spotify lossless can’t come fast enough. Roon or no Roon integration.
