• TigerAce@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    13 hours ago

    You should watch this video:

    The dark side of Spotify from Slightly Sociable.

    It’s about short AI music created for phone farms to steal royalties away from real artists. It’s a whole business model and Spotify encourages this malicious practice as all those phones use premium to earn money faster, and 33% of that money goes to Spotify. Plus they do other illegal stuff like promote music from stake holder companies over other music.

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        4 hours ago

        What’s even more depressing is that there isn’t a proper alternative. Many music streaming services have their own flaws. A friend of mine recommended Deezer, as it has really high quality streams but that one is owned by a Russian oligarch.

        Artists are paid the most with Apple music but Apple is a shit company as well. Streaming is all fucked, same with movies / shows.

        If you want to support the artists, buy their music on Bandcamp. Musicians are having it hard, they need our support. They deserve our money. It’s the pirate code: pirate from the mega corps and billionaires, support the little guys.