Ghost artists on Spotify

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556 points greenie_beans | 1 comments | 19 Dec 24 14:12 UTC | HN request time: 0.247s | 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]▶

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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. arnvald ◴[21 Dec 24 11:10 UTC] No.42478954[source]▶

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I’ve been thinking about it and if there had to be a common rule for all these cases, I would say “yes”.

However, if it was possible, I would set a threshold maybe based on an annual revenue. Let’s say I run a small board game store, where I sell games from other producers, but also my own games that I published. I’m a small entrepreneur, should I be prohibited from exposing my products more?

Amazon, Spotify and some supermarket chains have such a dominant position in some markets they can abuse their position, they should be under scrutiny, but not small retail companies that want to try to create something on their own

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