criticism of spotify
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Neil Young Back on Spotify After Joe Rogan Boycott
Two years ago, Neil Young pulled his music from Spotify in response to Joe Rogan’s spreading anti-vaccine misinformation on his podcast, which was prominently featured on the platform. Young is back on Spotify although he’s not too thrilled about it. “My decision comes as music services Apple and Amazon have started serving the same disinformation…
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Spotify Is Playing Around With AI-Generated Playlists From a Prompt
Spotify is going full-steam ahead with artificial intelligence. After releasing an AI-powered DJ earlier this year, the streaming service is now testing ways to automatically generate playlists with a user prompt. The source of the discovery comes from some code noticed by product designer and hashtag inventor Chris Messina. Messina posted screenshots to Threads of…
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Spotify Might Finally Get HiFi Audio This Year — If You’re Willing to Pay a ‘Subpremium’
Spotify users biting their nails for over two years waiting for a once-heralded HiFi audio feature might be down to their cuticles at this point, but the music streaming app could finally deliver this year. Well, you will have some access to CD-quality audio as long as you’re willing to pay the “Subpremium” toll. According…
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So Much for ‘Delete Spotify’
Today, Spotify published its earnings report for the first quarter of 2022, and lo and behold, despite all the chatter you may have seen urging users to unsubscribe or switch platforms, the audio streaming service is doing just fine.