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White noise and other background sounds cause issues here.

by foota 3y ago

theLiminator 3y ago
How so, maybe that just means those white noise tracks bring the most value.
- morkalork 3y ago
  Right? As a user, if I listen to 2 hours of content split equally between sources A and B, it seems fair that they each get half of my subscription fee (less Spotify's cut). Regardless of if A views B's content as "less worthy". On the other hand I wouldn't sign up for a monthly white noise service and if A went on strike and didn't renew license agreements, that's what Spotify would become. Record labels do have leverage over white noise which is a commodity (right? y'all aren't beholden to certain streams are you??)
  - internet101010 3y ago
    I actually do have certain episodes/streams saved that are my go-tos. Navigating "rain sounds" has become a lot more difficult lately specifically due to record labels complaining, particularly if you want one continuous 8hr stream. Instead all I can find now are playlists with a bunch of things I don't want. If I didn't have my favorites already saved I wouldn't be able to find them at all now.
conradfr 3y ago
That's why you'll see more of this: https://www.universalmusic.com/universal-music-group-and-deezer-to-launch-the-first-comprehensive-artist-centric-music-streaming-model/ https://www.universalmusic.com/universal-music-group-and-dee... https://www.bloomberg.com/news/newsletters/2023-09-07/universal-music-group-and-deezer-aim-to-fix-the-broken-economics-of-streaming https://www.bloomberg.com/news/newsletters/2023-09-07/univer...
- lotsofpulp 3y ago
  So Universal Music Group is depending on its competitor, Warner Music Group (owned by Access Industries which also owns Deezer)? Interesting. I thought Universal/Warner/Sony were propping up Spotify as leverage for when they need to negotiate with Apple/Google/Amazon.
Broken_Hippo 3y ago
Those are already an issue that Spotify has. https://www.engadget.com/spotify-almost-removed-white-noise-podcasts-to-save-money-065639545.html#:~:text=Previously%2C%20Bloomberg%20reported%20that%20white,Anchor%20to%20publish%20their%20shows https://www.engadget.com/spotify-almost-removed-white-noise-....

White noise and other background sounds cause issues here.

by foota 3y ago

White noise and other background sounds cause issues here.

theLiminator 3y ago

How so, maybe that just means those white noise tracks bring the most value.

morkalork 3y ago
Right? As a user, if I listen to 2 hours of content split equally between sources A and B, it seems fair that they each get half of my subscription fee (less Spotify's cut). Regardless of if A views B's content as "less worthy". On the other hand I wouldn't sign up for a monthly white noise service and if A went on strike and didn't renew license agreements, that's what Spotify would become. Record labels do have leverage over white noise which is a commodity (right? y'all aren't beholden to certain streams are you??)
- internet101010 3y ago
  I actually do have certain episodes/streams saved that are my go-tos. Navigating "rain sounds" has become a lot more difficult lately specifically due to record labels complaining, particularly if you want one continuous 8hr stream. Instead all I can find now are playlists with a bunch of things I don't want. If I didn't have my favorites already saved I wouldn't be able to find them at all now.

conradfr 3y ago

That's why you'll see more of this: https://www.universalmusic.com/universal-music-group-and-deezer-to-launch-the-first-comprehensive-artist-centric-music-streaming-model/ https://www.universalmusic.com/universal-music-group-and-dee... https://www.bloomberg.com/news/newsletters/2023-09-07/universal-music-group-and-deezer-aim-to-fix-the-broken-economics-of-streaming https://www.bloomberg.com/news/newsletters/2023-09-07/univer...

lotsofpulp 3y ago
So Universal Music Group is depending on its competitor, Warner Music Group (owned by Access Industries which also owns Deezer)? Interesting. I thought Universal/Warner/Sony were propping up Spotify as leverage for when they need to negotiate with Apple/Google/Amazon.

Broken_Hippo 3y ago

Those are already an issue that Spotify has. https://www.engadget.com/spotify-almost-removed-white-noise-podcasts-to-save-money-065639545.html#:~:text=Previously%2C%20Bloomberg%20reported%20that%20white,Anchor%20to%20publish%20their%20shows https://www.engadget.com/spotify-almost-removed-white-noise-....