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I bet they're pushing towards "slop" because they don't want to pay that much to the record label parasites which have been extorting a lot of money out of them.

And I think that's the core of the "problem" here - one group of rentseekers being angry at another because they don't get enough of their cut.

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Sure. Both Spotify and the Music Industry are just trying to maximize their profits.

The term “slop” is deliberate—music that sounds bad. Now, if Spotify manages to make music that is better than the music that they can get from the Music Industry? Good for them. I’m a music listener. I just want good music.

Then focus on brokering deals with the zillions of independent artists out there. I worked at Grooveshark (a long time ago), and this was a big part of our strategy, and it showed a lot of potential.

Spotify already directly publishes plenty of independent artists as far as I know.

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