Longform by Liz Pelly at Harper's Magazine on SPOTIFY'S USE OF FAKE MUSICIANS to reduce royalty payouts to real artists. This is a long and indepth article the Spotify user and musician community should read in full.

Images of the intro in toot, full article 👇

https://harpers.org/archive/2025/01/the-ghosts-in-the-machine-liz-pelly-spotify-musicians/

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The Ghosts in the Machine, by Liz Pelly

Spotify’s plot against musicians

Harper's Magazine