Mastodawn

"There have been times where people are like, “I read your book and then I canceled Spotify and I got Apple Music!” That kind of misses a lot of the point that this book lands on..."

https://www.hearingthings.co/liz-pelly-on-the-impact-of-her-anti-spotify-book-mood-machine-and-where-we-go-from-here

Thanks to @misty for pointing out the Mirlo mention! ❤️🐦‍⬛

#Streaming #Spotify #Music #DIY #DIYMusic #Indie #MoodMachine #LizPelly #HearingThings #Music #MusicNews #Musicians

Liz Pelly on the Impact of Her Anti-Spotify Book ‘Mood Machine’ and Where We Go From Here

“The point is to encourage people to reject the idea that it’s a one-click solution.”

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Paula Gordon Jan 6

Browsing the internet on my tablet and I hear someone clearing their throat! (I am alone in the house.) The only app running on the tablet is Naked Browser (a stripped down Android browser app) -- I put the speaker to my ear and I hear ambient sounds like muffled traffic or wind, and occasional sniffles of a person. No media is running. ...

#GhostInTheMachine
#HearingThings
#Eavesdropping

Michael U Aug 8, 2025

Heeey Hearing Things @feed have joined the Fediverse! I love this fully writer-owned music journalism co-op. It's funded by a subscription model, not by VC funding, ads or getting dirty with your data. But as importantly, there's heaps of great stuff to read.

#musodon #MusicJournalism #Journalism #HearingThings

https://cloudisland.nz/@jet/114842344762586873

Michael U (@[email protected])

Nice. This fully writer-owned, ad-free, operating on subs music mag Hearing Things continues to impress me. Sad to read the sentence “streaming isn’t going away”, but they’re right. https://www.hearingthings.co/why-we-quit-spotify/

Cloud Island

Matt Jul 12, 2025

"when people now pay for Spotify, they are indirectly paying for the manufacturing of AI war drones"

https://www.hearingthings.co/why-we-quit-spotify/

#spotify #music #hearingthings

Why We Quit Spotify

Enough is enough

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Ecologia Digital Dec 11, 2024

"This year’s #Wrapped is even more soul-crushing than before. If you enjoy robots congratulating you for spending thousands of hours on an app that is actively ruining musicians’ livelihoods, then give it a whirl. The joke about #Spotify is that they’re more interested in pushing podcasts (and more recently audiobooks) than music—even in their signature year-end music feature, that now rings true."
#HearingThings
https://www.hearingthings.co/spotify-wrapped-2024/

Spotify Is Using You

The streaming behemoth has once again ensnared us in its icky web with their latest Wrapped campaign.

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Matt Dec 5, 2024

"This year’s Wrapped is even more soul-crushing than before. Spotify worked with a Google A.I. tool to churn out individualized Wrapped podcasts in which two “hosts” recap and compliment your taste for a few minutes.

Wrapped this year is giving enshittification."