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by xp84 160 days ago
Wow. The ghost artists - that’s horrifying. Clearly Spotify would prefer to completely squeeze out everybody below the clout level of the top 10 artists, and replace the rest with stock music. I would bet anything they’ll cut out the middle-artist any day now and fill their playlists with AI sloptunes.

Spotify really wants to convert music into a commodity they can buy cheaply, own, and sell to an indifferent audience.

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>Now the sound music comes in silver pills

>Engineered to suit you, building cheaper thrills

>Music of rebellion makes you wanna rage

>But it's made by millionaires who are nearly twice your age

The Sound of Muzak by Porcupine Tree (2002)

Great band!