15 years ago when I worked in the music streaming space we also had to push users to playlists instead of albums. The reason, in Germany at least, was that a playlist only payed 1/10 the royalties to the GEMA [1] than an album playthrough. Playlists were classified as ¨radio¨ and thus a performance of the radio station but an album was the performance of the original artist.
Our interface was optimized for low royalties, not the end user. Maybe it is the same situation now.
Our interface was optimized for low royalties, not the end user. Maybe it is the same situation now.
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GEMA_(German_organization)