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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: 0.422s | 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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phonetic ◴[20 Dec 24 00:24 UTC] No.42467166[source]▶
Just a question—not meant to sound rude or offensive in any way—but would you also apply this logic to supermarkets offering their own generic brands‽
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1. ricardobeat ◴[20 Dec 24 00:31 UTC] No.42467203[source]▶
Why not? That can be construed as abusing their 'monopoly' over shelf space and foot traffic, it's unfair competition that displaces other legitimate businesses.

Incidentally, in the Netherlands a lot of supermarkets stock a 'shared house brand' called Gwoon. Usually the cheapest option by far and decent quality. I don't know what they do to keep prices as low as actual house brands, but it seems possible.

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2. sureIy ◴[20 Dec 24 04:44 UTC] No.42468357[source]▶
> I don't know what they do

Common products are actually not that expensive if you don't have to pay leeches like marketing agencies and investors.