Spotify is leaning very heavily into the ai slop music. It’s a way for them to not have to pay real artists commission.
Not that Spotify pays artists as much as other platforms do and Spotify also harvests immense amounts of data from users, which is fucking creepy.
They also bought and platform that idiot Joe Rogan.
Check out bandcamp for some indie artists selling their albums. Spend a bit of time looking into new talent and supporting them directly when possible.
Pre orders and games as a service are scams from corporations that don’t give a shit about games besides how much money they can make releasing unfinished garbage.
Yes cause they can’t sell you a subscription for your mp3 player.
Fucking rent seeking behaviour from corporate parasites.