The CEO of Spotify is anti-music

Wealthy platform holders keep proving they know nothing about art, or even “content”, writes Shaun Prescott.

OPINION | END USER It’s easy to forget, but we live in a time of cosmic greed. It’s starting to resemble a self-consuming, ritualistic self-destruction. For those in the business of “content” – a term that basically means everything and nothing nowadays – the mask is slipping. Take for instance Spotify CEO Daniel Ek, who is less “man” and more sentient matrix chart. History will note the cruel irony of having such a ghoul in charge of the chief means of access to music in the early 21st century, though history will also need to note that the platform under question is basically a content sweatshop in all but name. I’ve written in the past about the extremely low royalties artists earn on Spotify. I’ve also touched on Ek’s contemptuous…

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