This Black Friday, here's a guide to finding the best Spotify alternative
How to ACTUALLY Quit Spotify.
I Tried To Quit Spotify. It Cost $5,000. (So I did this instead.)
Building a More Trusted Podcast Experience for Creators and Listeners — Spotify
Podcasting continues to evolve, and so does Spotify. As we build what comes next, one thing remains constant: This is a medium built on connection. It lives in the chemistry between co-hosts, in the relationship between creators and the fans who return week after week, and in the dialogue around ideas and culture. As creation...
I Spent One Month with the “Boomer” of Music Streaming
If you haven’t quit Spotify yet, Qobuz is a real alternative. One that pays artists far better, but also loves its classics a little too much—just like a boomer.
Listen to music like it’s 2005 : Luke Cyca Dot Calm
Getting off spotify and rediscovering my own music collection
I paid for Spotify playlist placements so you don’t have to
As part of my ongoing mission to throw money into thin air I decided to promote some of Corserine’s songs on Spotify. Objectives: increase monthly streams on my Spotify artist page so I can g…
Spotify raises $1 billion in debt with devilish terms to fight Apple Music | TechCrunch
On-demand streaming music is inevitable, so Spotify is taking whatever fuel it can get to win the race against Apple. Whoever can sign up customers faster
The Music Discovery Problem – The Frugal Blog
I’ve been chatting with a good number of folks who are turning down streaming services lately for various reasons. I’ve blogged about this before, and if you’re looking for advice on how to make the switch, I and a lot of others have said things about it in the past.
Spotify's AI Problem Is So Bad Random People Are Stepping In to Track the Slop
Spotify doesn’t label AI music on its platform, so websites like SoullessMusic.com and SlopTracker.org do it instead.
How Spotify’s Discover Weekly cracked human curation at internet scale
The Verge is about technology and how it makes us feel. Founded in 2011, we offer our audience everything from breaking news to reviews to award-winning features and investigations, on our site, in video, and in podcasts.
Akhilesh Thite (@akhileshthite@mastodon.social)
Attached: 1 image Yesterday my Spotify subscription expired, and instead of renewing, I finally moved on. But downloading 500+ songs manually is hell, so I built ZipifyTunes; a simple tool that converts any playlist CSV into MP3s with album art + metadata! Now I’m listening offline again on my iPod Nano 5th gen and loving it. And with @peersky I can even upload the ZIP to IPFS or Hypercore and stream my songs from public gateways on my phone. If you want to save hours of work, try it: https://github.com/akhileshthite/zipify-tunes
Safety and Privacy center
At Spotify, we aim to create great and unique experiences for each user. Our goal is to connect everyone with what they love and help them discover something new. No two listeners are the same, so everyone's Spotify experience, and many of our recommendations, are personalized. When asked what they like about Spotify, most listeners cite our personalization as their top feature. You might wonder how we generate these recommendations across the Home feed, playlists, search results or other parts of the service, and we want to help demystify how they work.
Introducing Verified by Spotify, a Signal of Authenticity and Trust for the Artists Behind the Music — Spotify
Music is evolving, and so are the ways you discover and connect with artists. In the AI era, it’s more important than ever to be able to trust the authenticity of the music you listen to. At Spotify, our focus is providing you with more context about artists and their music, so you can build...
I'm building an alternative streaming option for artists called tracklist:// where they will be able to self-host their music catalog and stream it directly to fans. As musicians ourselves, our goal is to empower artists with connection. Sign up for our waitlist here; tracklist.diy
tracklist :// — music
www.tracklist.diy
Hearing Things
“It can be a little scary,” Hotline TNT frontman Will Anderson says of taking his music off Spotify, “but one of the things we’re trying to do is illustrate that it might not be as scary as you think.”
