# Qobuz 31 Hacker News commenters recommended Qobuz and 3 criticized it, November 2025 to November 2026. It was recommended in 11 of 13 months. It meets the Hacker Approved badge rule. **Verdict:** People recommend Qobuz for lossless audio, a large catalogue, DRM-free downloads and good artist pay. Critics most often say its discovery features, search and app interface are weak. ## Why people recommend it - Pays artists more than rivals (6 comments): "they have both downloads and streaming, and apparently pay the artist more than any of the other streaming alternatives" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49526238)) "Pays artists really well, is EU located, but their applications are still a little rough around the edges" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47839009)) "It's got a better catalogue for the slightly obscure stuff I like and they pay artists much better." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46476229)) - Downloads and streaming, DRM-free (5 comments): "I still prefer purchasing tracks via the iTunes Music Store, Qobuz, Bandcamp, and 7digital" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46344501)) "At least both of those sites let you download files and listen to them however you want." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45806309)) "Same, except moved to Qobuz. They have both streaming and you can buy downloads." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47430142)) - Lossless quality and large catalogue (5 comments): "amazing quality, huge offering, but shittiest music discovery platform ever" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48941377)) "have the best audio quality of all streaming platforms" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49518174)) "Qobuz streams lossless but sucks for music discovery" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49028988)) - Finds obscure and niche music (4 comments): "It's got a better catalogue for the slightly obscure stuff I like and they pay artists much better." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46476229)) "for anything I haven't been able to find on Bandcamp, I've been able to find on Qobuz" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46341600)) "Qobuz puts much more effort into manual curation so I still find awesome weird music" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47979459)) ## What people warn about - Weak music discovery and recommendations (5 comments): "I want to love qobuz but their ux is horrible as is discovery and they suffer the same problem the others do with their supplied catalog being flooded in fake songs" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46518745)) "amazing quality, huge offering, but shittiest music discovery platform ever" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48941377)) "I found Qobuz recommendations really bad too, unfortunately." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47844212)) - Clumsy UX, apps and search (5 comments): "I want to love qobuz but their ux is horrible as is discovery and they suffer the same problem the others do with their supplied catalog being flooded in fake songs" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46518745)) "But Qobuz is still king. I gladly pay their monthly subscription even though their programmers can't even be bothered to code a proper search functionality" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46520068)) "Pays artists really well, is EU located, but their applications are still a little rough around the edges" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47839009)) ## Alternatives hackers recommend - [Spotify](https://hackerapproved.com/p/spotify.md): 299 recommend - [Apple Music](https://hackerapproved.com/p/apple-music.md): 131 recommend - [Tidal](https://hackerapproved.com/p/tidal.md): 48 recommend - [Pandora](https://hackerapproved.com/p/pandora.md): 29 recommend - [Deezer](https://hackerapproved.com/p/deezer.md): 22 recommend ## Where to get it - [Visit the official site](https://www.qobuz.com/us-en/discover) ## Cite as Hacker Approved, "Qobuz", https://hackerapproved.com/p/qobuz/ (counts from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026).