Whosampled Is Joining Spotify
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WhoSampled, a music discovery platform, is joining Spotify, potentially expanding Spotify's music metadata capabilities. The acquisition may impact music discovery and attribution.
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Sad to see decades of user contributions being sucked up for profit again, but as long as they don't lock it down... well, they will at some point, I fear.
Hopefully Discogs won't be next.
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