Haven’t watched it either, but it’s a great list. I’d add the embracing of AI slop to it.
jnb@lemmy.ca 7 months ago
I’ll tldr this without even watching the video:
- Spotify is not paying artists enough / not paying artists at all if streams are under a certain amount; the gist is it’s industry fuckery though at play
- Spotify CEO is funding a military company
- Some people are fed up with music they like being removed from the platform, whether by the artist or otherwise.
- Plus above, increased move to ownership/physical media as people realize continued monthly costs are not worth it.
passepartout@feddit.org 7 months ago
voytrekk@sopuli.xyz 7 months ago
Spotify has also pushed AI music more, as it means they don’t have to pay the artists.
acosmichippo@lemmy.world 7 months ago
don’t forget Bro Rogan.
PlantJam@lemmy.world 7 months ago
Plus above, increased move to ownership/physical media as people realize continued monthly costs are not worth it.
For me it’s the opposite. I tend to get really into a pandora station for a few months, then get tired of it and it’s almost permanently played out to me. Even going back to it years later it will feel old. For someone like me, physical media just doesn’t make sense. Paying pandora $5/month to have ad free (and DJ free) music when I’m driving or exercising is worth it to me.
brucethemoose@lemmy.world 7 months ago
Pandora has been and hopefully will always be fabulous.
Whatever the ‘music DNA’ system they use predates a lot of algorithms and works incredibly well.
Part4@infosec.pub 7 months ago
Whatever works, but music, or the music the algorithm provides for you, being permanently played out after a few months, does indicate the algorithm is not providing you with music of any depth.
People used to listen to albums for many years, or longer. I still listen to music I grew up with my parents listening to.
Like I said that’s cool if it works for you - great, but I think you might be missing out on depth. I would say this is a big check mark against streaming services.
dontsayaword@piefed.social 7 months ago
For me it’s all of these plus the ICE recruitment ads.
brucethemoose@lemmy.world 7 months ago
…People listen to ads with their music?
Krompus@lemmy.world 7 months ago
If you don’t pay for Spotify Premium, and you don’t have an ad blocker, Spotify Free is riddled with VERY LOUD AND DISRUPTIVE ADS.
thesohoriots@lemmy.world 7 months ago
Quiet Sufjan Stevens song fades to silence
”PISSING ALL BY YOURSELF HANDSOME?”
HeyJoe@lemmy.world 7 months ago
I only used Spotify briefly years ago. I had no idea you could actually block the audio ads they send you? That’s pretty cool if so.
dontsayaword@piefed.social 7 months ago
Not me, but i guess so. Either way there’s no way I’m supporting that.
axexrx@lemmy.world 7 months ago
My phones DNS does it. I still usually use one of the free modded APIs though, because the lack of control is annoying.
massive_bereavement@fedia.io 7 months ago
I guess.. Haven't heard it.
SCmSTR@lemmy.blahaj.zone 7 months ago
Excuse me, what?
dontsayaword@piefed.social 7 months ago
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/cancel-spotify-ice-ad-streaming_l_6900edc5e4b0c18d32b71f0b
SCmSTR@lemmy.blahaj.zone 7 months ago
That’s fucked up. I’m cancelling my Spotify subscription.