I opened Spotify this morning to be greeted by a modal popup with a “sponsored recommendation”.

Why am I seeing ads if I’m already paying for the premium plan!? 😑

  • Jim@lemm.eeEnglish
    9·
    11 months ago

    In a past thread on this topic, I’ve seen a few indie artists say that they benefit because Spotify amplifies their audience. They make crap on the streams, but a larger audience base is worth the trade-off since they’ll be able to sell more concert tickets and merchandise.

    • Kinglink@lemmy.worldEnglish
      4·
      11 months ago

      Spotify has definitely helped me to discover new artists, but then I mostly listen to that artist on Spotify (Mostly because I’m not in their country.)

    • tim@lemm.eeEnglish
      4·
      11 months ago

      Honestly spotify should really let small artists make their pages more interesting.

    • Touching_Grass@lemmy.worldEnglish
      14·
      11 months ago

      One of my arguments is that inde artists and creators are as responsible for the enshitification of the internet as companies like google and Facebook are. They both are invested in making the internet into some global bazaar instead of a library.