Welcome to the era of only Spotify Plays matter - let’s take a look at the underbelly of streaming scams affecting independent artists.

    • Aetherion@lemmy.world
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      6 hours ago

      What do you think will happen? Classic enshittification?

      Wanting some kind of subscription to still play?

      • sic_semper_tyrannis@lemmy.today
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        19 minutes ago

        I’d assume something along those lines but who knows how the enshittification will continue to develop. Having crap TOS always leads to companies taking advantage of it eventually to make more money

    • Truscape@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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      10 hours ago

      Helps that steam’s DRM is piss-easy to crack, and good indie devs give you DRM-free redeemable copies if you show a proof of purchase (Klei my beloved)