No kidding. The US was never “great” and I say that as an American. This country has sucked for my entire life and it’s only now that a lot of Americans are finally waking up to that reality.

I tried Qobuz almost a year ago because I was ditching Spotify and wanted to stay with a European service, but it had awful recommendations. There was no algorithm involved, it would recommend completely random tracks that had nothing to do with my music. It made finding new music extremely difficult. Too bad because I liked everything else about Qobuz.

I use Tidal now and love it. The recommendations are different from Spotify’s but just as good. No podcasts is actually a plus IMO and I haven’t noticed the AI slop that’s all over Spotify (although I’m sure there’s still some of it).

Mastercard/Visa and Wero is a hot issue on Lemmy, but I would bet the vast majority of Swedes have never heard of Wero and aren’t particularly concerned about Mastercard and Visa being American. Most Swedes have long been wary of the Euro and that’s unlikely to change in the near future.

Agreed, wildfire season this year is going to be brutal. I live in the Denver area and AFAIK we just got our second snowfall of this winter.

A Nordic country will decide to get rid of their “kronen” and introduce it in 2027/2028.

Euro adoption? Nope, guaranteed won’t happen. Norway and Iceland aren’t EU members and Finland already adopted the Euro. Denmark has a permanent opt-out and will never be required to adopt the Euro, and most Danes oppose adopting it. In Sweden public support for Euro adoption is similarly low, so although the country doesn’t have an opt-out like Denmark, the government uses a legal workaround to avoid adopting it.

Yeah I feel the same. I buy one of these every year and I won’t be getting one with his face on it. Anyway the parks will make more money selling me day passes over the course of a year than they would selling me the annual pass.