Comment by loveiswork

I have abandoned spotify - but I agree in that I think the experience is still pretty great for users.

There are other warts though:

- They're paying out the lowest to artists by far when it comes to streams

- Artist impersonation issues

- Botted playlists

- Daniel Ek investing his fortune into AI drone military defense company Helsing

- The nascent issue of AI music / artists (see The Velvet Sundown)

For me it is moreso that all of this adds up to artists getting the squeeze, and I'd rather try to find ways to better support them.