# TIDAL

> <p><strong>Ownership:</strong> Acquired by Jay-Z (Project Panther) 2015, then by Square/Block (Jack Dorsey's US fintech) 2021 in a $300M deal<br><strong>Pricing:</strong> TIDAL HiFi Plus €11/month. Includes lossless and Dolby Atmos audio.<br><strong>Known for:</strong> Oslo-founded 2014 by Aspiro AB (Norwegian-Swedish). Hi-Fi-positioned music streaming with high-resolution audio (MQA, FLAC). Subscriber base much smaller than Spotify. Norwegian-origin music streaming now Block-owned (American). Genuinely better audio quality than Spotify for serious listeners with the equipment to hear the difference. Honest caveat: corporate parent and capital allocation are now in San Francisco.<br><a href="https://tidal.com">https://tidal.com</a></p>

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