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EPISODE · Sep 12, 2025 · 14 MIN

DEEP DIVE: Why are Australian bands quitting Spotify?

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For years now, heaps of us have used Spotify to find and listen to new music. But now a bunch of people are announcing they're leaving the platform — musicians, bands and users. Some say it's part of a bigger boycott because of the CEO's personal investments, while others say it's Spotify's use of AI that's turning them off. In this deep dive, hack gets into who's making this move, and how the thing that brought us to Spotify in the first place has become what's turning many away: its algorithm.Guests: Dr Sophie Freeman, researcher of music streaming and algorithmic recommendation, University of MelbourneGet the whole story from Hack:Follow us on InstagramSubscribe to the hack podcastListen on the triple j app or on your radio live every weeknight at 5:30pm

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