On Monday, the company announced that free users globally will now be able to search and play any song they want or play a song shared by a friend or an artist they follow on social media.
          • Mihies@programming.devEnglish
            217·
            16 hours ago

            Even if that was ok, I’m sure people who pirate buy a ton of merch from all the artists they pirate, that’s why all those artists get a ton of money.

            • Prunebutt@slrpnk.netEnglish
              10·
              16 hours ago

              I’m sure that small to medium artists don’t get fleeced by Spotify and get a ton of money from a service that almost everyone in the west is using. /s

              • zecg@lemmy.worldEnglish
                5·
                16 hours ago

                Some more things I’m sure of include that Spotify exists for the artists and won’t sneakily replace them with Suno-generated shit at first opportunity or fuck with people’s legacy of holy playlists or make the interface more cumbersome to alter users’ habits, or increase the price until the frogs start jumping out. It’s allowed to exists through the graces of biggest publishing conglomerates whose C-suite and shareholders get the lion’s share. Fuck fucking Spotify.

              • Mihies@programming.devEnglish
                47·
                16 hours ago

                I’m sure they are on Spotify (which is shitty anyway) and other streaming services by choice. And if you are against streaming services, feel free to buy their albums.

                • zecg@lemmy.worldEnglish
                  4·
                  15 hours ago

                  I use bandcamp to throw some cash at them, it’s a fair offer and ok price.

                  • Mihies@programming.devEnglish
                    33·
                    15 hours ago

                    Sure, bandcamp is a very good option to buy albums. But that doesn’t give one the right to pirate.