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Spotify's new Showcase tool lets artists pay to promote their music in the Home feed | TechCrunch (techcrunch.com)
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Another reason to never listen to anything recommended by spotify

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[โ€“] newthrowaway20@lemmy.world 25 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

This is payola in the modern age. If a record company gives enough money to Spotify, they'll promote the hell out of it and guarantee it's a hit. So the record labels with the most money are the only ones that can make serious money.

Does Spotify disclose that this is paid promotional content in the app?

[โ€“] Metal0130@lemmy.world 11 points 1 year ago

It's shown right there in the thumbnail. The text reads "Sponsored recommendation". After some initial conditioning, it seems easy to ignore it after a while, just like the first few Google results or other ads seen across the web.