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STOCKHOLM, Sweden \u2014 Spotify released its popular annual year-end \u201cWrapped\u201d feature which gives users a snapshot of their music and podcast listening trends along with a new feature that shows how much of their money went to fund AI warfare technology, multiple users confirmed.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe are always looking for ways to make Wrapped engaging for the user. Whether it\u2019s creating custom genres with hilarious names, delightful auras, or a heat map of where AI drones are dropping bombs across the world. We make all the Wrapped content easy to share so your friends and family can see exactly how much of your money has helped fund these instruments of death,\u201d said CEO Daniel Ek. \u201cIt\u2019s the loyal Spotify customers who don\u2019t want to lose access to playlists they\u2019ve curated over the past decade who make these war machines possible. Try to boycott us, you can\u2019t. We live inside your head.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Long-time Spotify customer Eddie Landers admits his Wrapped synopsis was embarrassing on multiple levels.<\/p>\n
\u201cI realized around July that my Wrapped was going to be fucked this year. I tried to beat the algorithm by listening to \u201890s hardcore bands on loop. But despite my best efforts, Sabrina Carpenter was still my top artist this year. And worse, I\u2019m in the top 3% of listeners worldwide. I wish I could blame my girlfriend, but I\u2019ve been single for eight years,\u201d said Landers. \u201cThen the Wrapped took a really dark turn where it showed a weird dancing robot creature with my face shoving piles of money into a furnace that said \u2018War\u2019 with a clip of \u2018Please Please Please\u2019 playing. I want to delete this app, but the Tidal algorithm will take weeks to learn my preferences, and I don\u2019t have time for that.\u201d<\/p>\n
Sociologist Debra Harrington believes most people will stick with Spotify despite the company\u2019s many shortcomings.<\/p>\n
\u201cYeah, Spotify doesn\u2019t pay artists well, they are pushing for more AI content on their platform, and their investment in Helsing is morally bankrupt. But what is the average person supposed to do? Use Deezer? That\u2019s just not going to happen,\u201d said Harrington. \u201cSpotify is too big at this point. They could send goons into your house to smack your dog around for hours and you would still be like \u2018But without Spotify how will I discover new music?\u2019 But you can take solace in the fact that you aren\u2019t alone. The world is filled with cowards who won\u2019t cancel their account.\u201d<\/p>\n
At press time, Ek announced Spotify would once again cut artist royalty payments in order to invest in a company that intentionally pollutes drinking water in underdeveloped countries.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n
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