Long-time Spotify Premium user - why should I move to Deezer?

I do agree @Placido09 in that it’s hard to see advantages over other services. Also @Gaffer13 was spot on in that other services may not offer everything someone wants (probably why I have two services, Deezer HiFi and Apple are both annual accounts, Deezer is £134 and Apple for a higher quality audio £99)).

The main plus for me with Deezer is the simple, clean UI on iOS and that it works pretty well as well as enjoying the mixes. But I am getting close to wondering why I subscribe to Deezer and Apple Music. If I had to choose, without any hesitation I’d let Deezer go. Apple Music just has more for the £$, Apple Music TV, a superb DJ mixes section covering most genres (hard style, House, techno etc), and 4 out of five mixes that are really good for me and great recommendations, Apple Music One and AM Hits radio stations. One thing I find strange with Apple is the way the android app has more features, such as auto crossfade similar to Spotify’s and the iOS left without this. The android app is getting regular updates and far fewer for iOS/MacOS.

With Spotify, I’ve really tried to like it but I just can’t. There’s no HiFi at the moment, and it sounds awful compared to AM’s AAC or ALAC to my ears (but HiFi is coming at some point). I find the UI so busy and stuffed with podcasts when I never listen to them, and if I did, I’d want them seperate in the way Deezer has it, or a completely seperate app like Apple. I find their UI very disorganised, but it is very dynamic and its superb the way you can listen to the library ‘liked songs’ by genre (AM has this too, but it’s not as good).

I do hope Deezer can find its direction in the new streaming world we’re heading into. I hope the other smaller plays can survive as well but there has to be a reason for subscribing, something special and standout. Apple has the things I said above, plus the integration in the ecosystem. Spotify has the excellent recomendations as well as an expansive podcast library which I know many do love and a UI that many do like. Deezer has…….. I’m not really sure when you look at the other services but I *hope* they have a plan in place to flourish into the future.

Yeah the scrobble extension on browsers has been lifesaver 

The thing is (apart from Spotify) most of streaming platforms have serious problems with last.fm

• Apple Music - they dont offer even a broken scrobble functionality (you need to install apps for that purpose)
• YouTube Music - same as Apple (on iOS you basically have no option to scrobble from YTM other than a app named Finale which listens to your music and recognise it with ARCloud and then send the infos to last.fm and is just NOT smooth)
• TIDAL - they do offer scrobbling function but it’s broken as well. And also baring with TIDAL?! They archive is a true turn-off and apart from that I do care about WHO I’m supporting with my purchases and choices… a huge pop culture icon?! Nope sorry  

And returning to Spotify is just not an option anymore (I live in Iran and we are faced with so many political limitations. What I don’t understand is platforms deciding to limit their access to regular people! Like, Deezer has some limitations as well but they’re not ‘purposefully’ trying to ban a hidden IP for no freaking reason! Like, wtf? Also all limitations will be gone once you purchase the premium version on Deezer but with a premium account, Spotify still won’t let me in while using VPN and guess what? They won’t let me in without VPN as well )

So happily waiting for Deezer…

Old question, not sure if anyone is even interested in me joining in.

I have been a long time spotify victim (“victim” due to their unbelievably bad, arrogant, selfish, high-horsed and for some parts outright dumbid “support”). While I prefer Spotify’s podcast variety and some of Spotify’s features, at the end of the day their software is bug-ridden, they don’t have any Q.A., there doesn’t seem to be any German or English “native speaker” support so that one could actually communicate issues with them … 

So I switched from Spotify to Amazon - only to be shocked at how BAD software can be. I mean, I know first hand from an Amazon developer that they just don’t care for how their software looks or works, as long as there’s money coming in from it - but I tried to work with second level support at Amazon for almost half a year and fix some of the issues with their apps (Android and Windows) to zero avail, even when we spotted probable causes.

The fact that Amazon would exclusively bomb me with German Hip Hop and almost nothing else and there’s close to zero chance of “shaping” your favorite music - plus the complete lack of any “real world” podcasts (outside the German “let’s taaaaallllllkkkk----aaaaaaassssssssssss---------sssssssllllllllllllllooooooooooooowwwwwwwwwwwww --- as - possibllllllllllllle” blabla) - made me run away screaming from their “service” (there IS NO SERVICE with Amazon, it’s all just money-milking from people stupid enough to support that company).

So for the moment I am enjoying Deezer: First app that mostly works reliably in the car (Android Auto), tolerable Windows desktop app (not “good”, but it does its job). At least a few podcasts available (no comparison to Spotify, sure, but ...). Sure, there’s a LOT missing feature-wise and, knock-on-wood, I didn’t need to try Deezer’s support yet (I fear they are out-sourcing to those Saturn-based chipmonks just as well as the others do), but until something better comes along that does not start with A or ends with pple, I’m deezing.

Why am I called “Groupie” on this forum? I am not a Groupie, I am not selling my body or do blowjobs for access to artists. Not funny. Really NOT funny.

Update: So, my first support request to Deezer is out (not expecting a response on Sunday, don’t worry). I am experiencing kind of the same issues others on this thread have been describing, basically a lack of variety under a headline of “give me more like this but not the same songs all over again”. This, in modern streaming times, seems like a “must”. It works more or less on Amazon, it works pretty darn good on Spotify and I think it would even work on Apple music. With Deezer, over the last few days I basically got “nothing new”, only the same old songs on “Flow” and no way of discovering new grounds without going all bonkers on styles of music I don’t understand.

We’ll see how support reacts. 

@hpguru this comment didn't age that well

Spotify is still cheaper a year later. Not sure there is any valid reason to switch from Spotify.

I LOVE the track mixes. Pandora and Spotify keep on feeding you the same old tracks you’ve heard a million times. Deezer simply gives you the same mix it would give anyone else. This is how you break out of your bubble while still loving the type of music you love. 

Don’t change a thing in your algorithm Deezer :)

Hi everybody,

after being a premium paying customer over at Spotify, I’ve decided to cancel my Spotify Family Premium subscription after receiving this information, as to why Spotify has decided to scare off a lot of loyal premium users with it’s newly (horribly) designed Home Screen UI:

Everyone - after finally consulting with Spotify it’s been explained that with the new UI update with auto playing videos, each time they auto-play it counts as a stream and earns them revenue. They are done focusing on premium users and plan on making their money through auto plays on every user. Time to move on to another service. This is confirmed through Spotify engineering team.
 

I’m so sad, angry and disgusted at this move. Words fail me. I hope that Deezer will not decide to also tread down this dark path one day. 
 

Anyway…. I’m now a Deezer Premium user and I hope to get to know other members here who, like me, love and need music in their lives.

 Happy to be here <3

I feel a much stronger connection to Deezer than Spotify and tend to use Deezer more often. I used to listen to music on Spotify, but I stopped because of the sound quality. I eventually realized the muffled sound was due to the "normalize volume" setting being turned on.

We can get premium free features in the deezer and avail the free playlists of songs. Some spotify premium features are paid but at very low cost which are beneficial for the support/team memberes!