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Re:Deezer says 44% of songs uploaded to its platform daily a... by input_sh on Monday April 20, 2026 @02:32PM (#47838609)
Something's missing completely from both this article and I don't see it mentioned anywhere in the comments:

Deezer will tag it and refuse to promote it once it's tagged as such. You're not gonna stumble upon it by leaving the autoplay on and it will not appear on any of its editorial playlists. Quite frankly this problem would be completely gone if every streaming service implemented this same policy.

Deezer also does some other things right: they boost the artist payout if the listener intentionally searches for an artist/song/album instead of stumbles upon it via autoplay/playlists, they introduced lossless audio a decade before Spotify, and you don't even need an API key to interact with its metadata (of course you need to oblige by their rate limits).

Some criticism so that this doesn't look like a pure promotion: their apps are absolute crap in comparison to Spotify and Apple Music, and even in comparison with TIDAL, which itself isn't really a pinnacle of user experience. It's definitely the most frustrating one out of the bunch that I have direct experience with.

Re:Deezer says 44% of songs uploaded to its platform daily a... by lumiukko on Monday April 20, 2026 @03:02PM (#47839009)
Same is true for Qobuz. Pays artists really well, is EU located, but their applications (although they support a lot of platforms) are still a little rough around the edges.
Re:Deezer says 44% of songs uploaded to its platform daily a... by anderber on Monday April 20, 2026 @11:36PM (#47844212)
I found Qobuz recommendations really bad too, unfortunately.
Re:Deezer says 44% of songs uploaded to its platform daily a... by anderber on Monday April 20, 2026 @11:35PM (#47844210)
I agree with your assessment. I have to say that their Android app is not very good. Serviceable, but not good. I heard their iOS app is better. I REALLY like their web app. Fast and smooth.