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Ghost artists on Spotify

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556 points greenie_beans | 2 comments | 19 Dec 24 14:12 UTC | HN request time: 0s | source
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ausbah ◴[19 Dec 24 23:42 UTC] No.42466930[source]▶
i think there really needs to be a set of laws prohibiting marketplace providers like uber, amazon, and spotify from also offering their own products on the same platform
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1. legitster ◴[19 Dec 24 23:55 UTC] No.42467009[source]▶
Despite the headline, it's not actually Spotify creating the music, but third parties taking advantage of their playlist model.
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2. Miraltar ◴[20 Dec 24 15:09 UTC] No.42471698[source]▶
> third parties taking advantage of their playlist model.

Not really, it's a collaboration since Spotify actively promotes these third parties because they cost less royalties