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Was this experiment conducted before, or after the purge from playlisting services botting the streams[0].

Also Spotify should have some way of distinguishing services that have paid playlisting and not - the same way youtubers(or any other influencer) has to disclose if they're doing a sponsored spot. It feels a little scummy that they're doing this.

[0]https://www.hypebot.com/hypebot/2021/01/spotify-just-purged-...

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I think that purge was related to services that will get you plays. Where by they have a farm of phones that will play the song for 30 seconds (the minimum for it to count as a play)

This is just paying to get added to playlists with high followers. Plays are not guaranteed.

SubmitHub is not paying to get added to playlists. It's paying to guarantee that your song is considered by the playlister - with no promises that it's actually shared. If they do decide to share it, no additional money is required.

You're basically saying: "Hey, if you give me 3 minutes of your time to listen to my song and let me know what you think I'll give you $1."

For reference, roughly 1 in 5 submissions end up getting shared. So if you send to 100 playlisters, 80 of them will say "thanks but no thanks" and roughly 20 of them will add it to their playlist for no additional cost.

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