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Spotify isn't a monopoly, and if they want to fill their platform with stock music and presumably AI slop in the future, good luck to them. They're hollowing th
by afro88 2y ago
Spotify isn't a monopoly, and if they want to fill their platform with stock music and presumably AI slop in the future, good luck to them. They're hollowing themselves out and making way for a new better service.
And in the end, the real money for musicians is syncs, shows and merch anyway. Spotify streaming revenue is tiny in comparison.
- oreilles 2y agoThe discussion is not wether Spotify will benefit from this situation in the long run or not, it's wether the users of the platform (both the listeners and the artists) should be happy with it and the answer to that is, thanks this lengthy article, demonstrably no.
- gizmondo 2y agoI don't think the article showed that listeners are unhappy.
- Wolfenstein98k 2y agoWhether* A wether is a castrated ram.
- edu 2y agoYes, that’s’ why a switched to Apple Music
- georgebcrawford 2y agoYou don't think every platform will be doing the same within a year or two?
- afro88 2y agoSame
- wbl 2y agoGlenn Gould didn't tour past 31 and made money from recordings.