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“If I hear AI music and I like it? Shoot me”

Discussing all things streaming with Qobuz boss, Dan Mactka

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Oliver Kemp
Jul 22, 2025
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Not a day goes by without a reminder of how broken the streaming industry is – whether it's the pitiful payouts to musicians, the flood of AI-generated slop saturating platforms, or the unsettling fact that one CEO is investing in drone technology, indirectly turning your money (and the work of artists) into weapons funding.

What a mess.

That latter point…

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