I've been meaning to distance myself from Spotify for a while now but I've got a lot on my plate and their service has been very convenient. I've been paying for no ads since 2014 so I haven't heard the ads personally but have seen multiple sources online describe them and confirm they they haven't stopped as of today. I cancelled immediately. Not sure how many Spotify users there are on Lemmy but I just thought y'all ought to know what they're up to. Spotify let's you write a message saying why you're cancelling and I was very descriptive. Hopefully they'll back down just like Disney with Jimmy Kimmel.

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[–] hopesdead@startrek.website 27 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Spotify also records fake music for their platform. So there is another reason you should have ditched them sooner.

[–] thermal_shock@lemmy.world 3 points 5 days ago (2 children)

Explain?

[–] cabbage@piefed.social 12 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago) (1 children)

Not recorded per se as that would require actual work, but they both push and produce AI slop, demonstrating an uncompromised willingness to piss on the graves of some of my personal heroes.

Qobuz and piracy both offer more ethical alternatives to Spotify. Spotify are not just not paying artists, they are actively sabotaging them and investing their riches in weapons and disinformation.

Fuck Spotify. Make sure to set up your Qobuz account before deleting your Spotify account—that way you'll be able to keep your playlists.

[–] hopesdead@startrek.website 4 points 5 days ago (1 children)

I’m not referring to AI. I’m talking about actual music that was recorded and released on the platform under the name of multiple artist and song titles to trick users into believing they were listing to a real recording artist.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Controversy_over_fake_artists_on_Spotify

[–] cabbage@piefed.social 2 points 5 days ago

Oh wow, it goes back even further. Incredible.

[–] hopesdead@startrek.website 2 points 5 days ago

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Controversy_over_fake_artists_on_Spotify