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✨Soff✨ Mawr :dragnwitch:
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Why? They:

• Don't pay musicians
https://www.musicbusinessworldwide.com/confirmed-next-year-tracks-on-spotify-1000-plays/

• Fund right wing extremist podcasters
https://www.cnbc.com/2025/04/28/spotify-paid-100m-to-podcasts-including-joe-rogan-alex-cooper.html

• Harvest gobs of your data
https://bigthink.com/the-present/is-spotify-spying-on-you/

• Fund war crimes in Europe
https://spotlight.ebu.ch/p/behind-the-spotify-boycott-daniel

• Subject you to racist ICE ads!
https://www.nme.com/news/music/spotify-says-ice-ads-about-dangerous-illegals-dont-violate-advertising-policy-3900838

• Steer listeners to nonexistent AI artists.
https://www.aimusicpreneur.com/ai-music-news/the-velvet-sundown-ai-artist-spotify/

Using Spotify is morally bankrupt at this point.

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