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1. The_Gibson :veilid: (thegibson@hackers.town)'s status on Sunday, 30-Jan-2022 18:49:41 UTC The_Gibson :veilid:

   18% of marketcap gone, and the following list pulling their catalog...

   Willie Nelson, Bruce Springsteen, Barbra Streisand, Queen, Paul McCartney, The Rolling Stones, Dave Grohl, Joni Mitchell, & Pearl Jam, Neil Young

   Feels like there was a lack of judgement when this decision was made by Spotify.

   • Tagomago (tagomago@mastodon.social)'s status on Sunday, 30-Jan-2022 18:50:24 UTC Tagomago

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     @thegibson Great, fuck them.

   • Tagomago (tagomago@mastodon.social)'s status on Sunday, 30-Jan-2022 19:06:48 UTC Tagomago

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     • pettter
     • Socketwench

     @pettter @socketwench @thegibson

     Also, this: https://www.nme.com/news/music/artists-criticise-spotify-ceo-daniel-eks-investment-in-ai-defence-tech-3107864

   • pettter (pettter@mastodon.acc.umu.se)'s status on Sunday, 30-Jan-2022 19:07:01 UTC pettter

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     • Socketwench

     @socketwench
     It never was. They were founded and existed for quite a long time as a name an a general idea of 'something with ads' before appropriating a shit-ton of music from a bunch of scene-groups and trying to be 'all music for free, but with ads' for a while and then pivoting to 'all music, for a price' as they got bought out by the big three/four record companies. Musicians never ever figured in the whole scheme apart from Providing Content.
     @TheGibson

   • The_Gibson :veilid: (thegibson@hackers.town)'s status on Sunday, 30-Jan-2022 19:07:02 UTC The_Gibson :veilid:

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     • Socketwench

     @socketwench This feels like it should.

   • Socketwench (socketwench@hackers.town)'s status on Sunday, 30-Jan-2022 19:07:02 UTC Socketwench

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     @thegibson Spotify hasn't really ever felt like it was about the music for me. And in recent years, with this constant pushing and paying exorbitant amounts of money to that-podcast-guy, it all feels like music was an excuse to push right-wing ideologies and transphobia.

   • Socketwench (socketwench@hackers.town)'s status on Sunday, 30-Jan-2022 19:07:03 UTC Socketwench

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     @thegibson :flan_set_fire:

   • Tagomago (tagomago@mastodon.social)'s status on Sunday, 30-Jan-2022 19:12:10 UTC Tagomago

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     • Mortalhys

     @mortalhys @thegibson

     For copyrighted music Bandcamp is fair enough. Their catalog is limited, but so was Spotify's not many years ago.

   • Mortalhys (mortalhys@social.dnlr.org)'s status on Sunday, 30-Jan-2022 19:12:18 UTC Mortalhys

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     @thegibson
     So, anyone got some decent alternatives?

   • Tagomago (tagomago@mastodon.social)'s status on Sunday, 30-Jan-2022 19:23:12 UTC Tagomago

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     @thegibson I don't find any source backing these names though? Just Neil, Joni Mitchell and now Nils Lofgren.

     Also market loss has been 8% ($2.1 billion) according to: https://variety.com/2022/digital/news/spotify-2-billion-market-cap-neil-young-joe-rogan-1235166798/

     Anyway, any damage is good.