Spotify Took Down Their Music. They Still Don’t Know Why
Indie artists with legitimate fans seem to be the collateral damage in Spotify’s war against music-streaming bots and artificial listeners
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Subscribe NowIndie artists with legitimate fans seem to be the collateral damage in Spotify’s war against music-streaming bots and artificial listeners
This is part of a series that goes behind-the-scenes to explain the different aspects of music creation and dissemination. The first piece is about the world’s biggest music streaming platform.
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