+Frank B. Subscriber² Posted April 21, 2015 Subscriber² Share Posted April 21, 2015 The numbers don spenser.d 1 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
typu Posted April 21, 2015 Share Posted April 21, 2015 what a surprise. the whole idea/concept of tidal utterly sucks. seriously, who exactly do they expect to pay them? +E.Worm Jimmy 1 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
timster Posted April 21, 2015 Share Posted April 21, 2015 $20 a month isn't going to attract a very large audience outside of people that have the equipment to take advantage of streaming high-quality lossless audio. Pandora One is $4.99 a month (or $54.89 per year) and Spotify Premium is $9.99 a month and have free ad-supported options, Tidal is pay-only. +E.Worm Jimmy 1 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trag3dy Posted April 21, 2015 Share Posted April 21, 2015 I've never heard of it. I guess I'm not missing much. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boo Berry Posted April 21, 2015 Share Posted April 21, 2015 I had a Tidal subscription until Jay-Z bought it, as I liked streaming lossless audio. However, once Jay-Z bought it I cancelled my subscription and it looks like I made the right choice. I'll just stick with my lossless music collection. vcfan 1 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tsupersonic Posted April 21, 2015 Share Posted April 21, 2015 Well..I (and others) saw it coming. It's too darn expensive for streaming music. I'm locked into GPM for $8/month. Spotify seems interesting, but it ties into Facebook (which I don't use) too much for it to offer any good suggestions. Pandora is the only other decent service out there - I'm not a fan of the limitations, but at least it's cheaper. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
count0nz Posted April 21, 2015 Share Posted April 21, 2015 Never heard of it till today... That tells a lot too lol. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vcfan Posted April 21, 2015 Share Posted April 21, 2015 last time I checked it didn't even support the most popular browser on the planet, internet explorer. idiots Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MorganX Posted April 21, 2015 Share Posted April 21, 2015 This is good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Praetor Posted April 21, 2015 Share Posted April 21, 2015 they also face several problems, like their Windows client - they even pulled out, so people can't download the client because it just stopped working and there's not workaround at all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quillz Posted April 21, 2015 Share Posted April 21, 2015 I would consider myself pretty up-to-date on tech news and I barely heard about Tidal. Which I think says a lot about its chances at success... Even "non-techies" like my parents know what Spotify, Google Music, etc. are and how they work. I think very few people, certainly the general public, haven't heard of Tidal. And seeing its prices and its poor marketing... yup, can't say I'm surprised that this service probably won't be around too much longer. Especially since Apple is likely going to be introducing their own streaming service come WWDC, adding even more competition. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Psion7 Posted April 21, 2015 Share Posted April 21, 2015 The whole launch party thing was painful to watch. Basically they got some of the richest people in the industry and they go on about how they are the artists and iTunes and Spotify, etc. are ripping off their supreme, god-given talent and gifts to the world with their music. Please pass the sick bucket. Do you think I care that Madonna will get $11m rather than $10m? Oh please ###### off Jay Z. spenser.d and +E.Worm Jimmy 2 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quillz Posted April 21, 2015 Share Posted April 21, 2015 The whole launch party thing was painful to watch. Basically they got some of the richest people in the industry and they go on about how they are the artists and iTunes and Spotify, etc. are ripping off their supreme, god-given talent and gifts to the world with their music. Please pass the sick bucket. Do you think I care that Madonna will get $11m rather than $10m? Oh please ###### off Jay Z. Not the first time Jay-Z has tried to make you feel bad about this poor life. Seems to be his new gimmick. I'm supposed to feel bad that he's just not rich enough. +E.Worm Jimmy 1 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+E.Worm Jimmy Subscriber¹ Posted April 21, 2015 Subscriber¹ Share Posted April 21, 2015 i saw posters for that plastered all over town. ###### the guy. i could not care less about him. i would rather give money to beats, and it says a lot, since i don't want to give money to beats. but at least dr dre was something meaningful in younger years, and i loved his music when i was in school jay z = could not care less = what a prick. his arrogance knows no boundaries. Psion7 and Shiranui 2 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Psion7 Posted April 22, 2015 Share Posted April 22, 2015 I find it amusing that somebody with obviously good business skills failing so hard with the launch of Tidal. The streaming music space is a very competitive market and requires a massive infrastructure to be successful. It isn't just an app you stick on the iTunes Store and forget about. It requires networking and distributed systems experts. If I expected to just launch a more costly and more limited (in terms of overall music) service and expect people to just join because of a handful of celebrities he truly has lost touch with the real world. You want to launch a rival music streaming service? Then you need to match the content and reliability but for a lesser cost. People don't care for quality when they are listening to music on the train or walking down the street, as long as it sounds good enough then that is all that matters. Nobody is going to be able to tell the difference between 256k AAC and FLAC when on a train or bus for example. And you certainly don't want to launch a service saying the reason it is better is because you pay multi-millionaires even more money than Spotify or iTunes do. My god that is easily the worst thing you could say to your expected users. If you really want to involve all these celebrities then you need deals for exclusive content and discounts on merchandise, etc. which is actually something Tidal does plan to do but they only briefly mention it in the launch video while then keep going on and on about how Tidal is about giving back control to the artists when iTunes and Spotify are just the delivery system and not the product and similar crap. Basically Tidal is just a massive money grab but "artists" who have lost touch with reality and their narcissistic personalities want everyone to praise them for being who they are and just give them more and more money. Disgusting really. Dotdot and +E.Worm Jimmy 2 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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