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The TLDR is that Spotify is flooding it's platform and padding playlists with cheap and generic music. They've went full "buffet" strategy, serving lots of frie
by tinthedev 2y ago
The TLDR is that Spotify is flooding it's platform and padding playlists with cheap and generic music. They've went full "buffet" strategy, serving lots of fries so you stay away from the meats.
I think calling this payola, as the article insinuates,is wrong.
I was always more interested in finding artists than I was in finding songs. I've noticed Spotify recommendations being worse and worse, and I can happily say I've left the platform half a year ago. Didn't regret it a single bit.
- ethagnawl 2y agoI left when they gave Bro Rogaine hundreds of millions of dollars to promote harmful conspiracy theories and pseudoscience. Between Bandcamp, Tidal and YouTube (latter are more likely to face these same issues), I've never looked back. The odd exception is when a friend wants to share a song but I can usually find it elsewhere. For anyone considering leaving Spotify for Tidal but fearful of losing their followed artists, playlists, etc., there are a number of (paid) services which will programmatically export and link your data. They're not perfect but I think my success rate was 80%.
- Aachen 2y agoI don't think it says generated, but music made by people (presumably simply paid a fair wage by the hour or so) who don't then get royalties but it can just be played infinitely many times at no cost to Spotify besides bandwidth