This goes for any art you like: why limit yourself to the modes of expression permitted by platforms that exist to funnel your money, art, and data into the hands of people who don’t give a fuck about you? Take control of the conversation. Say something.

Post an album cover! Write a paragraph (hell, a sentence) about what it’s meant to you! Even if you only listened to it once! Even if (especially if) it’s not available on streaming!

y’all know you can just post stuff you like? You don’t have to wait for the data-mining, Ai-boosting, ICE-promoting musician exploitation app to tell you what you’re into?

Of course. Hypocrisy as a signifier of power. The rest of us have to operate as though words and actions have meaning while they try to bend reality to the point where they can’t face consequences

Although I think this suit has since been thrown out. So there are still cracks in their armor

*this, not the. BlueSky give me an edit button my thumbs are large and prone to missteps

I HATE when people compare AI to the printing press, it's so disingenuous. The printing press was opposed by the elites because it put power in the hands of everyday people, and popularized a vernacular. AI does the opposite, by allowing elites to bypass artists and laborers.