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> This is why I refuse to play the Discover Weekly playlist. I strongly believe that Spotify is getting money out of made up artists, with songs put up by algor
by peteretep 8y ago
> This is why I refuse to play the Discover Weekly playlist. I strongly believe that Spotify is getting money out of made up artists, with songs put up by algorithms in some way, and that's the best way to get them to you.
Flesh this out for me, because it's hilarious. How are Spotify making money from that, exactly? I listen to Discover Weekly most weeks, and if Spotify is generating them, then:
A) They're creating some amazing music, so more power to them
B) They're putting a hell of a lot of work into creating back stories for these bands
- sandrobfc 8y agoThey are not making money from Discover Weekly, but they make money from made-up artists, since they don't have to pay anyone to have that music up there. It's easy to do the math from there. The work they have in making a few artists up is nothing compared to what they would have to pay for an actual artist to have their albuns there.