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Spotify CEO Daniel Ek sparked an online backlash after a social media post in which he said the cost of creating "content" is "close to zero".

The boss of the streaming giant said in a post on X: "Today, with the cost of creating content being close to zero, people can share an incredible amount of content. This has sparked my curiosity about the concept of long shelf life versus short shelf life.

"While much of what we see and hear quickly becomes obsolete, there are timeless ideas or even pieces of music that can remain relevant for decades or even centuries.

"Also, what are we creating now that will still be valued and discussed hundreds or thousands of years from today?"

Music fans and musicians were quick to call Ek out, with one user, composer Tim Prebble, saying: "Music will still be valued in a hundred years. Spotify won't. It will only be remembered as a bad example of a parasitic tool for extracting value from other peoples music. (or "content" as some grifters like to call it)."

Musicians weighed in too, with Primal Scream bassist Simone Marie Butler saying: "Fuck off you out of touch billionaire."

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[–] [email protected] 28 points 5 months ago (4 children)

What, the whole Joe Rogan bullshit didn't tip you over but this did?

Tidal if you want to pay. YouTube Music with Revanced if you don't.

[–] Potatos_are_not_friends 17 points 5 months ago

I absolutely cancelled after that Joe Rogan drama. I was already questioning why I needed Spotify. And seeing my subscription money go there, I bounced.

Now I'm watching more boneheaded moves and shaking my head.

[–] rayquetzalcoatl 10 points 5 months ago

No, this didn't. I cancelled yesterday, after reading about them just bricking one of their peripherals without offering refunds until the legal system threatened them. It's just a straw that broke the camel's back situation, rather than one big thing - the Rogan situation certainly contributed, though.

Tidal sounds like a good idea, thank you!

[–] [email protected] 9 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Tidal turned me off by pushing that snake oil MQA format for years, although I believe they have been moving away from it in recent years.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 months ago (1 children)

I’ve never heard of that format, that’s hilarious.

[–] Hackerman_uwu 3 points 5 months ago

Laugh quietly please. I still have a Meridian DAC that transcodes MQA. Among the gullible audiophile set there are tens of us. FML.

[–] [email protected] -4 points 5 months ago (2 children)

Torrent if you don’t lawl. Flac forever.

Also I know lemmy is DAE HATE APPLE but Apple Music is the shit, they have ultra high quality lossless for the base price and a gigantic selection. They don’t pay artists WELL, but they’re near the highest paying per stream. (I think tidal might actually be the highest)

[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Apple Music worked well for me, but then it was worth the money as part of Apple One. If you're not on iOS, you won't have much use for Arcade or icloud storage though.

Whether Apple Music alone is worth it is up to OP though. IMO it is, but I now have YouTube Music instead, gets me access to a lot of music Spotify and Apple Music don't have.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 5 months ago

Interesting! I have an iPhone but I don’t use iCloud for anything because I don’t want my nudes online, and I don’t play games on my phone so I don’t have any use for Apple one hahaha

I’ve only failed to find one artist on Apple Music so far (DZK, an edgy YTMND/SA rapper from the mid-2000s) so I just torrented his music.

[–] TrickDacy 0 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Fuck apple. A far worse company than Spotify

[–] [email protected] 0 points 5 months ago (1 children)
[–] TrickDacy 1 points 5 months ago

Not as brave as defending one of the world's largest companies!