Cedric Vermue

Cedric Vermue is a pianist and producer of neo-classical music based in Amsterdam Why any music lover should leave Spotify: - The CEO has invested over 700 million $ in Helsing, an AI weapon company. - They flooded their editorial playlists with "Perfect Fit Content" — ghostwritten stock music released under fake artist names that don’t exist outside of Spotify. This helps them avoid paying royalties to real musicians. - They pay artists only $0.003 per stream, playing a major role in devaluing music worldwide. - Spotify’s algorithms reward quantity — and increasingly, content created with the help of AI — encouraging passive listening instead of real engagement with artists. - Simply put: Spotify stopped caring about artists a long time ago. These are all reasons why Spotify has obtained a big-tech mentality only interested in their own profits, instead of supporting the artists that created all the content of their platform. Spotify has been awesome in its first 10 years but this time is over. If you care about music and the people who make it, please consider leaving Spotify. Switch to Tidal, Apple Music, or Qobuz — they pay between $0.007 and $0.013 per stream, treat artists more fairly, and operate with stronger ethical values. You can even transfer all your playlists with one of the many free tools available. Thanks for reading and much love, Cedric