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Spotify takes musicians’ money to scuttle Shuffle

11 August 2025 at 03:43
PUBLIC DEFENDER By Brian Livingston Spotify, the world’s largest music streaming service, charges fees to artists for more airplay than they would otherwise get. Worse, Spotify randomly turns off its Shuffle mode to give 20 or so fee-paying songs β€œheavy rotation” in your playlists. Unfortunately, other major streaming services also take money to give certain […]
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