Deerhoof did not want its music ‘funding AI battle tech’ — so it ditched Spotify (www.theverge.com)

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[-] [email protected] 1 points 2 days ago

Why was Spotify no longer an option? Was it, y'know… Or was it something else?

[-] [email protected] 1 points 2 days ago

There's several issues, but for me it was:

Supporting questionable podcasters like Gwyneth Paltrow and Joe Rogan - I do not want my money to go to these people
Not supporting the artists I actually listen to
Lobbying the EU against AI regulation, which goes directly against my opinions and preferences, again not something I want my money to be spent on

All of this new stuff is bad, but I already decided that this was not a company I want to support. They seem to represent everything I hate.

[-] [email protected] 1 points 2 days ago

Oh, so the overall stuff. All the usual reasons. Or at least the ones I would think of. Paying bucks to make a free format "proprietary" while not paying shit to artists.

[-] [email protected] 1 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

Yeah, I'm not all that original. :)

Forgot to mention their efforts to ruin podcasts for everyone. I refuse to listen though anything else than independent podcast clients.

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