Music

> In 1999, there were six major labels. By 2012, through a process of aggressive mergers and acquisitions, there were just three. Having consolidated their power and market share, they operate an effective oligarchy, of which Spotify’s grotesque inequality is a high-profile manifestation.

> In 1999, there were six major labels. By 2012, through a process of aggressive mergers and acquisitions, there were just three. Having consolidated their power and market share, they operate an effective oligarchy, of which Spotify’s grotesque inequality is a high-profile manifestation.

https://jacobin.com/2025/06/spotify-music-industry-major-labels

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I had never sat and thought about it! Diversity is where nuance and perspective comes

I do choose digital street music as a path while I grow in technique and craft, but enjoying the journey and finding an authentic flow of content, using the tools but not being used by them #cyborgamishbalance

and since they control most of the world’s recorded music, I don’t see anyone posing a direct, large-scale challenge to them. I still hold out hope that artists will eventually have the tools and tech to connect directly with fans, but the game is heavily rigged

It's crazy that Universal Sony and Warner are the only record labels, it's crazy

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I think the situation is more dire from a consumer standpoint, from an artist standpoint I'm quietly optimistic.

Even if you and I could convince millions to change their habits, the big three still own the vast majority of the music catalogs we spend time listening to. So unless we go back to pirating, that kind of big shift isn’t happening anytime soon. And I don’t have much confidence in policy or regulation helping, since the big three seem to have a lot of influence there too

We need to be the change trough our way of consuming music !!

Nothing replaced it yet other than reading a lot more books. Will start buying CDs again eventually.

Did you move to a different streaming platform or are you buying directly from artists now?

Deleting my Spotify account is still one of my better recent decisions