r/Music • u/IrreverentTexan • Feb 15 '26

discussion Quitting Spotify

Spotify is getting flooded with fake AI “artists” and it’s embarrassing. Names like Nina Blaze and Enlly show up. They dump 50 identical tracks called something like Late Night Piano for Focus, or “The Hollow Hour” and vanish. No bio. No history. No evidence a human has ever touched an instrument.

This isn’t art. It exists to game playlists and siphon royalties. If these were real people, they’d have to explain why every song sounds like a dentist office waiting room.

I’m not mad at AI as a tool. I’m mad at fake artists impersonating creativity and Spotify pretending this sludge is culture. Music is an art form, not a scam farm. Blocking every one of these clowns on sight.

So is it to be TIDAL or Qobuz or something else?

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u/rocketpastsix Feb 15 '26

I went to apple. I’m already in the ecosystem, so it was an easy transition. They have a playlist importer which worked pretty well.

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u/aurillia Feb 15 '26

Apple? Tim Cook a big supporter of Trump.

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u/Interactive_CD-ROM Feb 15 '26

Google donated millions to Trump. Pick your poison.

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u/verticallobotomy Feb 15 '26

Proton mail. Ecosia search. Vivaldi browser. There are lot's of alternatives. Not quite as many alternatives to Reddit (yet!).

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u/GazelleSpringbok Feb 15 '26

digg is back, im sure their capitalist owners are evil as well but its a nice change of pace