128 is perfectly fine / it’s What you are getting most movies you download and way better than FM and most DAB.
I pay for family spotify - we all use it a lot and the Daily Mixes, Release Radar, Discover Weekly playlists are unbeatble. I've used Tidal, Deezer, Youtube music before but their playlist creation is nowwhere near as good.
However I do download from Deemix as a backup . For me 128kbp is totally fine for what I need - yes its not the highest quality, but through bluetooth speakers in the car or bluetooth headphones it sounds absolutely fine for me. It might not be CD quality, but its better than broadcast radio, which is perfectly good enough for me.
I beleive its in Cyprus now - but fair point - NextDNS might be a better option in that case
iOS users have plenty of options here too
- AdGuard Pro (paid)
- AdGuard DNS (free)
- other free dns blockers - NextDNS, ControlID etc
- Safari addons
- browsers with blocking built in (eg brave)
- VPNs with ad blockers built in
DNS and VPN blocks will work on most apps and all browsers.
I prefer Asguard dns and then Safari extension or Brave
You don’t have to whine -literally just get on a chat and ask them ‘please can you remove these ads’ - they’ve done it for two kindles for me no charge, no question.
Much prefer to use FOSS where I can.
Most people absoljutely do not 'need' photoshop or MS Office, but are too lazy to try out free alternatives. Sure they don't offer 100% of the features, but for most home users they are more than enough What are people using Word for at home anyway? Creating a CV once every few years - its not like they are knocking out documents day after day.