I currently have Spotify, mainly because I signed up a while ago and never really bothered to explore alternatives.
I pay €13 every month these days which I feel is quite a lot. I was already thinking of getting a few friends together and sharing a family plan, which would make it cheaper. But if I’m doing that I might as well take a proper look at my options.
What are some good, hopefully ethical, European alternatives? I know Spotify is from Sweden so good in that regard (?). Deezer is French, but also mostly owned by some American investment firm. If I can believe what I read they pay artist a bit more, which sounds like a good thing, but I don’t want my money to mostly go to American investors…
Any advice is highly appreciated!


Yeah I just read they donated to Trump! I had no idea but that’s terrible.
Self hosting will make my partner unhappy haha, unless I can make everything work seamlessly and I doubt I can. And the music recommendations are genuinely useful.
I have Kodi for my shows and movies though! I’m definitely not opposed to pirating and think self hosting is fantastic
Yeah I haven’t figured out / put enough time into getting Navidrome working, and I’m not happy with using Jellyfin for my music either. Can’t say I have a great answer to that, but it certainly ticks the ethical box for me.