This, exactly. And it’s not ‘if’- they’re doing it.

Not to mention all the stolen data….

ALWAYS check an artist’s own site first- very often you can buy/download directly without a ‘revenue share’ going to a platform.

Aaaand…… throw hundreds of millions at the likes of Rogan while barely paying musicians, CEO Ek is funneling his Spotify wealth into military AI/surveillance, generate phony AI artists/music, and and and…

Seems like that’s kind of the point (of AI)?

which is just to say that there is nothing inherently reasonable or intrinsically "incremental" about centering corporate profits in social policy packages. that is part of the invention of centrism as a disguise for corporate violence

Ending snap forever? That is clearly laid out as a goal of project 2025 and heritage they have enacted that goal and succeeded. Snap and ebt are de facto over and done with. The fascist were not lying when they said the goal was to end the ability for people to rely on government for anything.

I mean, congress is essentially dissolved at this point, is it not?

It’s wild- for years I’ve despised Marketplace for its rah rah capitalist boosterism (& Kai’s ‘finance bro’ persona..), but now the rest of NPR has become the equivalent of an in-flight magazine, it/he is the only thing worth listening to on the network.

Frank Meyer?