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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?
Others have alrwady mentioned bandcamp, but far from every artist is on there.
I used to buy my music from 7digital, but they were bought by a shitty company, and also have not responded to questions about albums I bought that are no longer in my library.
So now I use Qobuz. They're a streaming service, but they have a separate download store you buy stuff from without a subscription.