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New Tidal Subscribers: 3-Months of Tidal Premium, HiFi, or Family Music Trial Plan Expired

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Tidal offers 3-Months of Tidal HiFi or HiFi Plus Trial Streaming Service Subscription on sale for prices starting from $1, valid for New Tidal Subscribers only.

Note, your 3-month trial of Tidal will start upon purchase and, unless you cancel, will convert to a subscription that automatically renews each month

Available Streaming PlansThanks to community member EyeVtheBeast for finding this deal

Alternatively, Best Buy has 3-Months of Tidal Premium, HiFi or Family Music Trial Streaming Service Subscription on sale for $1 valid for New Tidal Subscribers only.

Note, your 3-month trial of Tidal will start upon purchase and, unless you cancel, will convert to a subscription that automatically renews each month

Available Streaming PlansAbout the Product
  • Experience over 60 million songs, more than 250,000 music videos, expertly curated playlists, and access to live events and ticket giveaways
  • Music, On Demand, Podcasts, Radio Stations, Talk Shows, Video
  • 60M+ Songs, 250k+ Music Videos
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https://www.bestbuy.com/site/clp-...1116414761

scroll down and add any of the 3 months subscriptions to cart and check out.

TIDAL - Premium Music
TIDAL - HiFi Music
TIDAL - Premium Family Music
TIDAL - HiFi Family Music

Any of those are $1.00... bestbuy will then email you the link to activate, and it works on my existing tidal account that had the $1.00 bestbuy promo prior.
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note: this subscription starts on purchase and needs to be canceled under manage subscription on bestbuy.com
I don't like how this deal is set up. In order to cancel the service you have to do so through your Bestbuy account. Someone on BB stated that a BB associate told them that will refer you to Tidal if there's an issue managing your Tidal account. Tidal on the other hand has a FAQ page that states that BB is responsible for handling billing issues.

This deal is not worth the bother. MQA is a gimmick. It's not truly lossless high resolution. Qobuz is better if you care about audio quality and functionality. Qobuz has a website with deep filtering for metadata and they also have booklets. If you're okay with standard lossless or lossy compression than Apple, Amazon, and Spotify are the way to go.

Tidal won't survive through the next economic slump. Offering ridiculous low price deals like this is a sign of weakness.
Once you try Tidal you'll never go back to using any other streaming service. The master release quality is amazing.. Worth every penny.

I've had such a positive experience with it. I use it every day and it's blown me away. You will hear sounds in songs that you've never heard before on your favorite albums.

lol this sounds like a fake paid review, but I really do like it. I have every other service as well and this is definitely #1 in quality if you're an audiophile.

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Neurotic1
11-17-2021 at 10:30 PM.

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11-17-2021 at 10:30 PM.
Quote from 1jzgte :
wow.. dont fall for this bullshit subscription.. theyre making it extremely difficult to cancel the subscription... i would not have expected this from bestbuy.com
I just canceled earlier today. Not a problem. And they give you the option of cutting the service immediately or keeping the trial, even after canceling.
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11-17-2021 at 11:39 PM.
11-17-2021 at 11:39 PM.
Quote from tbharker :
Disagree. It's fine if you don't have kids, and/or only ever use headphones at work, but there's no content filter or family friendly option, and inevitably it shuffles to a song with plentiful f-bombs anytime my kids or coworkers are around. I use Amazon Music way more, because I listen on speakers usually, and don't need to worry about discovering new language in songs I thought I knew, while my kids or colleagues him along.

It must suck having to live your life tiptoeing around your coworkers and kids every second to the point you can't enjoy the music you want.. let that sink in.

Go be an adult and jam your tunes out. You only live once.
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brucknerfan
11-18-2021 at 02:21 AM.
11-18-2021 at 02:21 AM.
Quote from hegemon13 :
I'll agree with "Once you've tried hi-fi streaming, you'll never go back..."

Hoewever, Apple and Amazon both provide higher quality hi-fi streaming than Tidal at half the cost (or less than half for family plans). Tidal did a great thing by pushing the market to high quality streaming, but their pricing just doesn't make sense anymore. Also, during the three months I tried it, Tidal would not stop pushing hip-hop and current pop music recommendations on me, even though I never listen to it. For what's supposed to be one of their specialties, the Tidal recommendation algorithms are worse than any other service I've tried.
People don't seem to understand how new industries emerge. The first movers (pioneers) often end up insolvent. This happened with the earliest railroad companies in the 1870s. It happened with the first Dotcom companies in the early 2000s. It's happening with music streaming companies. Qobuz already went bankrupt in 2016 and had to be rescue-purchased by a larger media conglomerate. Tidal's ownership is no doubt hoping for an exit sale to a bigger multi-faceted corporation. Apple and Amazon treat music streaming as a loss-leader to build value in their ecosystems and increase customer attachment.
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kylefifa
11-18-2021 at 02:57 AM.
11-18-2021 at 02:57 AM.
They kept charging me even I canceled the subscription last time, then I have to cancel my credit card eventually
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11-18-2021 at 03:10 AM.
11-18-2021 at 03:10 AM.
Quote from RPdeals26 :
Cash App bought them.
I think missed that news. Looks like an ill advised investment on the part of Dorsey.
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11-18-2021 at 03:12 AM.
11-18-2021 at 03:12 AM.
Quote from kylefifa :
They kept charging me even I canceled the subscription last time, then I have to cancel my credit card eventually
Was your transaction through Bestbuy or Tidal? Best to use a virtual credit card or even a reloadable Visa gift card for Tidal subs.
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11-18-2021 at 06:20 AM.
11-18-2021 at 06:20 AM.
Quote from neoweb :
There are plenty of alternatives to Tidal, no one is talking about Blockbuster music. Also what is the point of having multiple companies to compete when you stick with the one who does shitty things?
name one that does not, everyone has skeletons
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11-18-2021 at 06:29 AM.
11-18-2021 at 06:29 AM.
Quote from Swampthinq :
Spotify is still the best and has the most music.
I would tend to agree.

I find that Pandora + T-mo free weekends generally gives me everything I need, though. I just don't have to time to curate a lot of playlists and most of my music listening is on weekends anyway.

For anyone who doesn't know, if you have a limited number of tracks you like to keep (<1000), https://www.tunemymusic.com/ will load your playlists to and from several popular services.
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karrun
11-18-2021 at 06:36 AM.
11-18-2021 at 06:36 AM.
Beware, even if you don't activate the service, they will charge you full price after 3 months.
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TheKingofDeals
11-18-2021 at 06:46 AM.
11-18-2021 at 06:46 AM.
For those complaining about auto renewal use a virtual card. My Capitalone cards both allow for virtual card that loads via app on Chrome browser. You can lock it immediately after use.
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SeventiesVet
11-18-2021 at 06:50 AM.
11-18-2021 at 06:50 AM.
I've had no problems with Tidal, and find the selection and variety (mostly classical for me) excellent. The 2 new subscription categories (HiFi and HiFi Plus) are now both lossless with outstanding audio quality.
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11-18-2021 at 07:11 AM.
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Quote from Neurotic1 :
I just canceled earlier today. Not a problem. And they give you the option of cutting the service immediately or keeping the trial, even after canceling.
its requiring that i chat or call w/ customer service to complete cancellation.. sounds typical of Tidal but i'm surprised bestbuy is being difficult about it
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11-18-2021 at 07:21 AM.
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Quote from 1jzgte :
its requiring that i chat or call w/ customer service to complete cancellation.. sounds typical of Tidal but i'm surprised bestbuy is being difficult about it
now i have to wait on the phone for 10 minutes for an agent after speaking to another agent... im getting transferred all over the place

best buy chat is "unavailable"
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11-18-2021 at 07:51 AM.
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Quote from 1jzgte :
its requiring that i chat or call w/ customer service to complete cancellation.. sounds typical of Tidal but i'm surprised bestbuy is being difficult about it
You should be able to go to your Best Buy account, and under "Protection Plans and Subscriptions" find your Tidal subscription and cancel there.
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flapjabby
11-18-2021 at 10:57 AM.
11-18-2021 at 10:57 AM.
how long did it take to get the email from Bestbuy with the activation link?
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