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Did you guys not read the article ? The problem arises because of the way the music is distributed on Spotify and the way it is licensed. Spotify make deals wit
by oreilles 2y ago
Did you guys not read the article ? The problem arises because of the way the music is distributed on Spotify and the way it is licensed. Spotify make deals with the companies producing this stock music so that it can fill its popular playlists with while paying close to zero royalties. The consequence is a decline both in music quality on the platform and in artists rights, revenue, and ability to be listened to overall.
- afro88 2y agoSpotify isn't a monopoly, and if they want to fill their platform with stock music and presumably AI slop in the future, good luck to them. They're hollowing themselves out and making way for a new better service. And in the end, the real money for musicians is syncs, shows and merch anyway. Spotify streaming revenue is tiny in comparison.
- oreilles 2y agoThe discussion is not wether Spotify will benefit from this situation in the long run or not, it's wether the users of the platform (both the listeners and the artists) should be happy with it and the answer to that is, thanks this lengthy article, demonstrably no.
- gizmondo 2y agoI don't think the article showed that listeners are unhappy.
- Wolfenstein98k 2y agoWhether* A wether is a castrated ram.
- edu 2y agoYes, that’s’ why a switched to Apple Music
- georgebcrawford 2y agoYou don't think every platform will be doing the same within a year or two?
- afro88 2y agoSame
- wbl 2y agoGlenn Gould didn't tour past 31 and made money from recordings.
- danudey 2y ago100% guarantee that, once the technology is solid enough and the library is big enough, Spotify is going to train an AI off the tracks they own the rights to so they can mass-produce this music without paying anyone (except nvidia) a dime.
- bee_rider 2y agoHopefully someone will release a music ML model to just generate it locally.
- RandallBrown 2y agoThose playlists become popular because of the music on them. If they decline in quality won't people will just listen to better playlists? My Discover Weekly from Spotify used to be awesome. I found a bunch of new artists that I really liked and tons of great new songs. Recently it's been a bunch of old stuff that I've definitely heard of before. So I've mostly stopped listening to it.
- Wolfenstein98k 2y agoBig agree. Discover Weekly went from something I was excited about every Monday morning on the train, to something I forget to check most weeks. There's a handful of songs it puts on every few weeks, for literally years now, despite me skipping them every time and never once listening to the band or song by choice.