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Shopify and the Power of Platforms – Stratechery by Ben Thompson

It is all but impossible to beat an Aggregator head-on, as Walmart is trying to do with Amazon. The solution instead is to build a platform like Shopify.

amazon · platforms · spotify

Thu, 11 Jul 2019 at 18:49

https://stratechery.com/2019/shopify-and-the-power-of-platforms/

Big Mood Machine | Liz Pelly

Inside Spotify’s emotional surveillance-driven quest for total ad domination.

advertising · spotify

Sat, 15 Jun 2019 at 01:04 *

https://thebaffler.com/downstream/big-mood-machine-pelly

The 7 secrets of Spotify’s Discover Weekly | Stuff

spotify

Wed, 22 May 2019 at 21:49

https://www.stuff.tv/features/7-secrets-spotifys-discover-weekly

Van singletje tot Spotify, wat bepaalt de lengte van een popliedje? | NOS

de-week · spotify

Wed, 3 Apr 2019 at 18:33

https://nos.nl/artikel/2278871-van-singletje-tot-spotify-wat-bepaalt-de-lengte-van-een-popliedje.html

Spotify's Apple Complaint Cuts to a Core Antitrust Issue | WIRED

Spotify's Apple Complaint Cuts to a Core Antitrust Issue

antitrust · apple · spotify

Fri, 15 Mar 2019 at 21:52

https://www.wired.com/story/spotify-apple-complaint-warren-antitrust-issue/

Spotify's antitrust complaint against Apple is a neat parable about Big Tech's monopoly

anti-trust · apple · de-week · spotify

Thu, 14 Mar 2019 at 08:00

https://boingboing.net/2019/03/13/30-pct-vig.html

Spotify’s Podcast Aggregation Play – Stratechery by Ben Thompson

de-week · spotify

Fri, 8 Feb 2019 at 21:34

https://stratechery.com/2019/spotifys-podcast-aggregation-play/

What Spotify's DNA-Test Playlist Gets Wrong About Genetic Ancestry - The Atlantic

de-week · dna · spotify

Sat, 29 Sep 2018 at 21:22

https://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2018/09/your-dna-is-not-your-culture/571150/

Spotify removes R Kelly from playlists due to ‘hateful conduct’ policy | TheHill

Spotify is removing R. Kelly's music from its algorithmic and curated playlists under its new hate content and hateful conduct policy.

spotify

Thu, 10 May 2018 at 17:32

http://thehill.com/policy/technology/387077-spotify-removes-r-kelly-from-playlists-due-to-hateful-conduct-policy

Volspot Connect Plugin

raspberry-pi · spotify

Sat, 7 Apr 2018 at 14:28

https://github.com/balbuze/volumio-plugins/tree/master/plugins/music_service/volspotconnect2

GitHub - dtcooper/raspotify: Raspotify - Spotify Connect client for the Raspberry Pi that Just Works™

raspotify - Raspotify - Spotify Connect client for the Raspberry Pi that Just Works™

spotify

Mon, 26 Feb 2018 at 22:04

https://github.com/dtcooper/raspotify