I've been meaning to distance myself from Spotify for a while now but I've got a lot on my plate and their service has been very convenient. I've been paying for no ads since 2014 so I haven't heard the ads personally but have seen multiple sources online describe them and confirm they they haven't stopped as of today. I cancelled immediately. Not sure how many Spotify users there are on Lemmy but I just thought y'all ought to know what they're up to. Spotify let's you write a message saying why you're cancelling and I was very descriptive. Hopefully they'll back down just like Disney with Jimmy Kimmel.

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[–] hopesdead@startrek.website 4 points 5 days ago (1 children)

I’m not referring to AI. I’m talking about actual music that was recorded and released on the platform under the name of multiple artist and song titles to trick users into believing they were listing to a real recording artist.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Controversy_over_fake_artists_on_Spotify

[–] cabbage@piefed.social 2 points 4 days ago

Oh wow, it goes back even further. Incredible.