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Deerhoof did not want its music ‘funding AI battle tech’ — so it ditched Spotify (www.theverge.com)
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[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 days ago (4 children)

Yeah, no Linux app, and no third party apps as far as I'm aware. I really liked the GTK app Spot. But for me, Spotify was no longer an option - I deleted my Spotify account before I found an alternative.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 days ago (3 children)

Why was Spotify no longer an option? Was it, y'know… Or was it something else?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 days ago (2 children)

There's several issues, but for me it was:

  1. Supporting questionable podcasters like Gwyneth Paltrow and Joe Rogan - I do not want my money to go to these people
  2. Not supporting the artists I actually listen to
  3. Lobbying the EU against AI regulation, which goes directly against my opinions and preferences, again not something I want my money to be spent on

All of this new stuff is bad, but I already decided that this was not a company I want to support. They seem to represent everything I hate.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Oh, so the overall stuff. All the usual reasons. Or at least the ones I would think of. Paying bucks to make a free format "proprietary" while not paying shit to artists.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

Yeah, I'm not all that original. :)

Forgot to mention their efforts to ruin podcasts for everyone. I refuse to listen though anything else than independent podcast clients.