When Neil Young asked us to switch to Tidal, I went along and loved that it paid the artists 10x more per stream.

But Tidal is American owned, spotify isn’t…

I’m struggling on this one, a lot of the lil punk bands I love could really use the revenue but, y’know, trade war etc.

Anyone have any thoughts to assuage a guilty conscience on this one?

  • PlasticExistence@lemmy.worldEnglish
    4·
    3 days ago

    You should buy Canadian where possible, but don’t upend your life over it.

    Feeling guilt over the whims of politicians isn’t very useful. Just do what you can.

    • Lauchs@lemmy.worldOP
      0·
      3 days ago

      Oh, I don’t think this is upending my life, apologies if I sounded dramatic. Just trying to balance my “help the artists” vs “help all of Not America right now.”

      • PlasticExistence@lemmy.worldEnglish
        1·
        3 days ago

        I wouldn’t say dramatic. I understand how you feel though. There is no ethical consumption under capitalism regardless of how hard we try. It’s infuriating at times.