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It's Not Just You: Music Streaming Is Broken Now (www.youtube.com)
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Welcome to the era of only Spotify Plays matter - let's take a look at the underbelly of streaming scams affecting independent artists.

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[–] angstylittlecatboy@reddthat.com 0 points 12 hours ago

But unknowingly, gently, they keep getting pulled towards a trodden path and if this goes on long enough we'll have like 10 genres to choose from and that's it.

Usually when people think in genres instead of artists, genres get more granular, so we end up with hundreds of more new words that describe minute differences. Like, look at EDM, a genre that has never really cared about individual artists. They'll consider a 5BPM difference to be a different genre.

Given all the different "microgenres" that are popping up now, usually by younger artists, I think that tracks with music today.