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This is actually the biggest axe I have to grind with spotify et al.: Even if I would naively assume their recommendation algorithm is serving me and not the bi
by atoav 4y ago
This is actually the biggest axe I have to grind with spotify et al.: Even if I would naively assume their recommendation algorithm is serving me and not the big distributors they have exclusive deals with — who guarantuees me that it would stay like this in the future?
Music is too important for me to be left in the hands of some app that giveth and taketh away, that sends me onto some path that is ultimately trying to manipulating me into liking certain things based on financial interest. I like to have a collection of music and look at it, even if the company I got it from goes down the drain, or is purchased by some hedge fund. You don't have this decoupling with streaming services.
I'd rather go search myself and own a physical and/or digital record.
- ushakov 4y agoSpotify gives preference to big and wealthy artists like Drake and Ed Sheeran, they get more marketing and more $ per play
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- tzs 4y agoWhy not do both? There's nothing that disallows buying records if you use a streaming service.
- atoav 4y agoOh I do both, one of those just not voluntarily as someone who does not live alone : )
- winternett 4y agoAgreed, but search results are manipulated by posters a lot now, totally spammed with wildly inaccurate clickbait. It's getting a lot harder to find authentic music by original creators. It wouldn't surprise me if the people making the most money off of the music content we see have nothing to do with the original music involved in posts... Sites like YouTube do pretty much nothing effective to stop it.