I moved to Tidal when Spotify decided to blow huge amounts of cash getting into the "exclusive podcast business" while still paying peanuts to most artists.

Tidal pays musicians something like 3x what spotify does. [0] This is probably still not enough, but at least it's the right direction.

The higher sound quality has just been a bonus.

[0] https://soundcharts.com/blog/music-streaming-rates-payouts