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by ummzokbro 283 days ago
Maybe not abusing strictly speaking but...

- The entire SOTA ML algo is 'how to min(cost) while just avoiding churn' - not play what you actually want. Just don't annoy you enough that you quit

- This means serving endless covers of hit (real) songs that cost them pennies on the dollar given cover artists don't get custom negotiated deals

- This means producing their own drivel in key categories[1] to avoid royalty payments outright

- It is not a huge leap from producing drivel to producing genAI drivel if it satisfies the equation above

[1] - https://www.musicbusinessworldwide.com/spotify-is-creating-i...