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Spotify to distinguish AI artists from real people and block them from some playlists
(www.theguardian.com)
this post was submitted on 12 Aug 2026
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I will continue to not use Spotify. Buying drm free music is a long term win.
Where do you get your drm free music? I've been using Spotify for a while but am very interested in switching. Do you use Bandcamp? Do they have basically everything a person could want or do you get your music from somewhere else?
I mostly get music from Bandcamp. They have a pretty big library, but it's mostly newer and independent bands on there. You won't find, like, the beatles or taylor swift.
Sometimes I'll buy stuff directly from bands, if it's not on bandcamp, via their store or label or whatever. I used to get CDs, too, and rip them, but I haven't done that in a while.