Not cool. Harpers does a deep dive into allegations that Spotify has been filling playlists (like “jazz,” “chill,” and “peaceful piano”) with generic music from "ghost" artists, to reduce its royalty payouts.

You'll want to delete Spotify after reading.

https://harpers.org/archive/2025/01/the-ghosts-in-the-machine-liz-pelly-spotify-musicians/

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