deeply deeply twisted company

they think of music simply as 'content'. cynical, disgusting.

Payola by any other name.

The more things change the more they stay the same.

This is payola in the modern age. If a record company gives enough money to Spotify, they'll promote the hell out of it and guarantee it's a hit. So the record labels with the most money are the only ones that can make serious money.

Does Spotify disclose that this is paid promotional content in the app?

Tidal crew. We don't have podcasts either. It's nice.

Spotify enshitification any%

If it's anything like any other social media site that that let's you pay to promote, they will do it once...

And then half ass it a second time...

Then they just tell you they are, but you won't see any more people listening to it.

Meh I moved back to the old trick where I torrent download bulk music and store it on my phone. No internet no problem.

Do folks reminiscing of the good old days of physical media not remember how much label promotion media was packed with media? I have records where the sleeve is basically an order catalog for other artists on the label. I don't see Spotify promoting albums on a discover feed to really be that much different than the marketing old except adopted for a digital interface and streaming economic structure.

I hate Spotify so much, but every other attempt I've made to move away failed.

I used tidal for a bit, but it seems to break frequently from any privacy tooling I would use. I know they give artist a better payout, but if you don't work with my privacy method, it's a non starter.

Another reason to just use local player. Just buy physical albums and rip them, buy the actual digital files (from eg Bandcamp) or if you can't afford it right now, I'm sure you can find the files floating around the internet. Just make sure to buy the physical album when you can afford it.

Artists will receive far more support from buying their music this way rather than through Spotify which pays artists very little and the algorithm is against mid and small size creators.

Wtf im a paying costumer &@#)!!!

I'll stick to InnerTune. Got rid of Spotify over a month ago, don't miss it at all.

Never used Spotify. I have my own methods of finding new music and once I have something I want to listen to I usually just type "[artist] [album] full album" on YouTube and if it's not there (which is very rare) it's usually on Bandcamp or SoundCloud. I do pay artists though, I buy their music if I enjoy it and always make sure to see them if they are in town, I think it's healthier than a subscription service model.

Oh, i remember the drake takeover from 5 years ago.

Time to cancel Spotify then.

Man, people here really overreact to artists paying money to promote their stuff.

Ah, yet another reason to never use their home page. YouTube music seems to be the only decent recommendation engine these days

This is the best summary I could come up with:

Spotify this week launched a new tool called Showcase that allows artists to promote their work directly in the streaming app’s revamped Home feed introduced earlier this year.

The new feature was announced earlier this year at Spotify’s Stream On event in LA, alongside a range of other growth and discovery tools for artists, like the full-screen recommendations known as “Marquee” and a new “Discovery Mode” tool that allows artists and their teams to identify songs they want prioritized on the streaming service.

The company says that Showcase is opening up to artists and their teams with U.S.-based billing with 1,000 or more monthly streams in the last 28 days in at least one of the target markets.

By default, Spotify says it will show the campaign to those who are likely to stream the release — a broad audience.

“While playlist pitching is an opportunity for artists to find new audiences and Marquee helps them make a splash for their new releases, today there are more moments than ever where promotion can drive impact.

Showcase gives them the ability to do just that: now artists can amplify a new release, give their catalog an encore, turn viral buzz into long-term fandom, and more – right at the moments that matter most and on the most visited place on Spotify: Home,” she added.

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I'm so glad I stopped updating the app, I am lucky to still have the recently played at the top of my home page and then daily mixes right below it, I have to scroll to see the nonsense