• TheMurphy@lemmy.world
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    8 months ago

    Honestly, Spotify is only half bad compared to the real scumbags of this industry, and that’s the “rights holders”.

    It’s not the artists who created the music I’m talking about. It’s the record companies taking the largest piece for themselves.

    They are the ones earning on other people’s talent and success.

      • Josh@sh.itjust.works
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        8 months ago

        I’ll die on that hill. 90% of the artists I listen to, I found through spotify’s algorithms.

    • can@sh.itjust.works
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      8 months ago

      Well, their CEO Daniel Ek’s investment company Prima Materia "invested €100 million ($114 million USD) in Helsing, an artificial intelligence company based out of Europe that assists in military technological ventures. "

      So I’m happy to take my steaming business elsewhere.