Fade Out: Will Spotify or TikTok Kill Music First?
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Has TikTok ruined music? With its users flooding concert venues to meow at the artists, with the "oh no" song playing in the background of videos of puppies falling down and actual atrocities, with a standoff between two global corporate forces in its battle with Universal Music Group? Or will Spotify have that honor, by algorithming us all into mediocre bliss, as we toss our pennies at our geniuses and amuse ourselves to death? Sponsored by http://betterhelp.com/culturewedeserve
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