Left this dumpster fire of a service back when they first raised prices to obscene levels, and I am SOOO glad to be proven right. Take the plunge, guys, both Apple Music and Tidal will work wonders for you AND they actually listen: Tidal tried to push a feature called "live sessions" right atop their homepage a few months back. The backlash had their freaking CEO do a live Reddit discussion, admit the friction was totally unnecessary and quickly take steps to allow users to disable it. You don't have to pay insane amounts of money to be trolled online by a multinational company, really. That's been done for free since the beggining of the Internet.
I’ve been using Deezer for some time now. And the increase of 1 euro here didn’t make me switch to another streaming service. But I was a bit curious, so I did try Spotify again, YouTube Music and even Amazon Music. Well now, even when trying those other music streaming services, I did return to Deezer. It’s the complete package that makes it interesting for me. The app, the website, the layout, the simplicity how Deezer works and of course the HiFi option is a big PLUS for me. Is it expensive? I don’t think so. Instead of a monthly subscription I switched to an annual subscription, with makes the price 8,24 and that’s with HiFi. I’m hoping that more people are going to see the benefits of Deezer instead of the big green giant streamer., ‘cause there is more than the green giant. I should maybe add I loathe the green giant and was quite content with Deezer. But even some of the support people I've contacted admitted that ditching regional prices is, in some parts of the world, obscene
Farewell, Deez, and enjoy your luxury increase of revenues! FIFY https://www.deezer-investors.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/EN-Deezer-Q3-2022-Revenue-PR-2022-10-27.pdf I've already mentioned their revenues increased. Not the biggest player in the game, though, nor the most stable of services, and at the rate they're bleeding users, there'll be very few left to suck dry. And play for suckers. But do, by all means, enjoy the ride.
It's both ridiculous and a scandal, really. From what I've been reading, Deezer lost at least 300.000 users this year, but managed to increase its earnings. So the strategy is working (at least for now), but I'm not having it and neither are many others, it would seem - good thing I've kept and used my Apple Music sub for all this time. I now got lossless AM and Tidal Hi-Fi and their combined cost is still lower than what Deezer would want me to cough up come January. I had absolutely no second thoughts cancelling. Farewell, Deez, and enjoy your luxury bankruptcy!
@hpguru, thanks for the suggestion. But still no change. I’ll see what happens... Sorry to hear that. Their customer care can help. https://support.deezer.com/hc/en-gb/requests/new For anyone not liking “Hifi” update. Just try it. I have only €199 Sony WH1000X-M3 and these are nowhere to be true hifi, but even on that Wired, I can hear difference between hifi and 320K on my laptop. To the point I felt like my headphones were broken when I heard thin and lifeless sound. I just noticed it was 320K. I turned Flac mode and music is back, rich. Give it a try before thumbing down ;) Nah, mate. Not when Apple Music offered spatial audio AT NO ADDITIONAL COST and, when they decided to hike prices, the increase was of one - ONE - dollar. Deezer strategy: from 4.99 euros to 10.99. That's more than double in one sweep. And that's me (and many others, I fear) out.
Sorry, mate - Apple Music offered Hi-Fi (they call it Spatial Audio, but hey, it's Apple) AT NO ADDITIONAL COST to all users. Due to inflation, they did increase prices too - to the amount of one - ONE - dollar. The "We're a small company" argument also does not fly, seeing as one of Deezer's major shareholders is Warner Music. This price hike is absurd, greedy and obscene. Before it gets into effect (mid-January, in my case) I'll be looking around and be gone. ASAP.
It would be greatly appreciated and a very welcome addition.
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