Why Spotify Struggles to Make Money from Music Streaming
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Despite being the king of music streaming, Spotify is struggling financially, but why?
  • Josh@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
    714·
    11 months ago

    I’ll die on that hill. 90% of the artists I listen to, I found through spotify’s algorithms.

    • dumpsterlid@lemmy.worldEnglish
      1030·
      11 months ago

      Ok, but why not find a human that curates the kind of music you like? They are called DJs.

      I don’t understand why we need to get rid of human DJs that seems like the last job we need to replace.

      edit why do y’all think I am talking about radio DJs? You…. know there are wayyyyyyy more DJs out there than just radio DJs right?..…right?

      ….like y’all know mixes exist right? Like mixcloud or whatever?

      • mean_bean279@lemmy.worldEnglish
        6·
        11 months ago

        Yeah, let me go ask my DJ friends I totally know and are also a Californian who enjoys South African Deep House and Prog House, or post rock, but not post metal.

        Do you know how many people exist that can do that for me? Exactly zero. It’s perfect for computers and algorithms. Humans are amazing at creating music and knowing where it fits, but they aren’t the end all be all of knowing where more like it exists. Especially when it’s not like I can reach out to my favorite artists of South African Deep House (like Kyle Watson) and ask him personally for recommendations. He’s busy with a job.

        Mixes also don’t often times give you the full song for you to understand whether you truly like it, and they often have obscure remixes that aren’t released due to creator copyright or other rules. You’re creating a problem to complain about.