[hayyyyydos]

Check out the start of the next paragraph

> Queer indie-punk musician and Fight for the Future director Evan Greer has released a new music video for the song “Surveillance Capitalism,” ahead of the release of the album Spotify is Surveillance.

That raised a red flag for me. Why is this person's gender identity in any way relevant to the issue at hand?

In the same way the text calls out emotion recognition software as "racist pseudoscience" (then linking to an article about facial recognition) - which doesn't have much at all to do with the patent.

Bought to you by the "Union of Musicians" - the same people who claim Spotify make "enormous profits" (I wouldn't call them enormous) and want 1 cent per play.

They want Spotify to pay them, but they also want to damage Spotify's reputation? Talk about shooting yourself in the foot

Further to that, check out the Union of Musicians' subcommittees [1] - there's a "Classical Music Accountability" subcommittee (classical music = white supremacy?)... and a Police Abolition committee, of course.

[1] https://www.unionofmusicians.org/subcommittees

[cumwolf]

There are definitely elements of racism rooted in Classical music. Classical music is not something that was historically accessible to the masses. Minorities have not always been allowed to participate in it the same way White people were allowed to. with a quick internet search you can find out more from more legitimate sources.

[hayyyyydos]

It's interesting because it's the first time I've thought about it (not a big listener of classical music) - but whether or not classical music is racist isn't really why I bought that one up.

The group seems to be sidetracked with every single cause, a subcommittee for every minority group... which, to me, takes away from the main purpose of a Union of Musicians - getting paid/treated properly (as a whole).

Which just reminds me of how this webpage gets sidetracked from the main issue. The main issue should be: listening in on conversations is creepy.