Hearing Things is done with Spotify; “we will no longer be making playlists on Spotify or linking to the platform.”
Also, “Don’t publish your podcast only on Spotify“
“Spotify uses dark patterns to make it difficult to distribute podcasts hosted on its platform to rival apps.”
Just because streaming music is convenient doesn’t mean it’s great.
The idea that it helps bands get discovered is one thing, sure, but is handing over music discovery to computer algorithms a good idea? And then what? The band gets a zillion listens and makes $12?