RE: https://mastodon.social/@jonhicks/115662466196992390

I don’t think there’s any good reason to still be using #Spotify. They’re renowned for underpaying artists and have problematic (to say the least) leadership. And music streamed sounds pretty shitty too - cymbals sound like they’re underwater, even on the paid plans!

I moved to #Tidal ages ago - obviously still a big tech streaming platform, but they pay artists a bit better at least and the sound quality is much better.

Apropos of nothing, December 5th is #Bandcamp Friday.

Ich habe doch noch einmal bei #Spotify Für das #SpotifyWrapped reingeschaut.
Bei meinem Top Künstler bin ich unter den Top 1% Fans. #Mozart halt. Habe 3.466 Songs gestreamt und 17.728 Minuten Musik gehört.

Nach meine. #UmzugZuDeezer sieht das übrigens so aus https://chaos.social/@dagger/115651176249712360. Ich bin zu etlichen Konzerten gegangen, habe mich also warm gelernt und dann war auch noch Karneval.

#music #musicsky #playlist 🎶🎸😎 This week's featured artist on LeeCo Radio 2 is Far Lands, from Portland. They produce melodic, lush, Pacific Northwest indie rock and alt-folk. Every third song by the featured artist. Updated weekly. 💚 #Spotify: open.spotify.com/playlist/5QX...
@heiseonline @dagger Das sagte mir #Spotify. Ich bin auch erschrocken.

Le Capitalisme salit tout ce qu'il touche épisode trouze-mille-douze : Spotify.

Il fallait toute la toxicité du capitalisme et son âme damnée le marketing pour pourrir l'activité la plus pure qui soit : écouter de la musique.
Des millions de prisonniers volontaires d'une plateforme dont le patron est une ordure, qui ne rapporte rien aux artistes et a rendu les utilisateurs débiles au point de faire de l'écoute un acte performatif à coup de statistiques enrobées

#Spotify
#Capitalisme
#Marketing

The year 2025.
Of course without all the CDs I listened to.

#spotify #SpotifyWrapped #2025 #music

ChatGPT hyped up violent stalker who believed he was “God’s assassin,” DOJ says https://arstechni.ca/nenq #cyberstalking #Instagram #ChatGPT #spotify #Policy #openai #tiktok #AI
ChatGPT hyped up violent stalker who believed he was “God’s assassin,” DOJ says

Podcaster faces up to 70 years and a $3.5 million fine for ChatGPT-linked stalking.

Ars Technica

In news that isn't news. Spotify is horrible and I get it's convenient (for you) and all that, but using it is shitting on artists. There's no pretending otherwise. Using Spotify is telling artists you don't care.

https://loscampesinos.com/heres-how-much-money-los-camp-make-from-streaming/

There are other options. Use them.

#spotify #spotifywrapped

Here’s how much money Los Camp! make from streaming… - Los Campesinos!

Los Campesinos!