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[–] SamuraiBeandog@lemmy.world 9 points 1 year ago (10 children)

That seems extremely high, can you explain your listening habits? Are you listening to all of those albums start to finish? Are you selecting each of those albums or just letting the algorithm run wild?

[–] Eyekaytee@aussie.zone 11 points 1 year ago (9 children)

Majority of music is in albums, nearly 12,000 different tracks listened to, but most are singles, I rarely listen to albums from start to finish

I listen to a lot of music in general

https://aussie.zone/post/19441027/16055498

Also I figured out you can turn off the payola:

To opt out of receiving sponsored recommendations, go to your Spotify account on desktop > Account > Privacy settings > turn off Tailored ads.

This will opt you out of receiving sponsored recommendations and personalized ads generally across our product. If you turn off Tailored ads, you will continue receiving podcast ads in your Premium account, but they will not be tailored to you.


So even if you broke it down to me just having to buy singles I'm still getting a ridiculous amount of value from Spotify

[–] SamuraiBeandog@lemmy.world 9 points 1 year ago (8 children)

I’m still getting a ridiculous amount of value from Spotify

If only the same could be said for the artists you're listening to...

[–] FreedomAdvocate -2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Spotify gets artists music and name out there to hundreds of millions of people, people who become fans and buy their merch and go to their concerts - that’s where artists make music, NOT from album sales. The music from album sales basically all goes to the label and all the partners.

Spotify is good for artists.

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