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Alright, so long, #Spotify.
Today, I read about reasons to leave Spotify. Some are already well-known:
Extremely shitty payment for artists.
Relatively new reason: Spotify and others flood the platform with AI music
Next reason: the CEO invests in AI drones (yes, that's right, military weapons). See for instance here:
middleeasteye.net/trending/spo

An alternative?
1/2

Middle East Eye'Technofascist military fantasy': Spotify faces boycott calls over CEO’s investment in AI military startupDaniel Ek invested over $700m in drone, aircraft and submarine producer Helsing

“Dus: doe mee aan de vinylrenaissance, denk aan artiestvriendelijkere platforms zoals Bandcamp of kijk ten minste naar een beter uitbetalend streamingplatform.”

En dan is Qobuz wat mij betreft dus een zeer geschikt alternatief, want privacyvriendelijker en guller richting makers.

trouw.nl/opinie/opinie-tijd-om

Trouw · Opinie: Tijd om afscheid te nemen van SpotifyHij luisterde duizenden uren via de streamingdienst, maar de ethische bezwaren geven nu voor Etienne Valk de doorslag.

I switched from Spotify to Tidal years ago, and then last year completely deleted my Spotify account and data. That was all before I even read Liz Pelly's Mood Machine, which I cannot recommend highly enough, and before Spotify CEO Daniel Ek invested millions into AI drones for use in combat.

Today I learned that Hearing Things, one of my favorite music publications, is also done with Spotify. Cheers!

hearingthings.co/why-we-quit-s

Hearing Things · Why We Quit SpotifyEnough is enough

Al parecer hay polémica porque #Spotify infla su contenido, creando listas de reproducción llenas de artistas falsos, de bandas que son creadas artificialmente
así busca bajar su dependencia de pagar derechos de autor a artistas reales