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It's just a matter of time. (lemmy.world)

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[–] cerebralhawks@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 14 hours ago

Real music costs money to license, more than their ads pay for. Artificial stuff costs less, and the ads cover that. It's a whole business model.

That's why you don't have radio stations playing nothing but metal, or more niche stuff like Japanese rock. The market isn't big enough. They wouldn't get enough listeners to justify the ads and the sponsors wouldn't get any return on their investment. So if you pay one of the streaming services, they will serve it to you and recommend within the genre and whatnot because you're paying them for that service.