A big part of it is that the more people listen to their generated content, the less they have to pay actual artists.
And it’s why they have one of the lowest average royalties per stream.
Music streaming companies with active anti-AI policies are: Qobuz, Tidal and Deezer
Bandcamp is always worth mentioning if you want to buy music directly
I’m going to work on a side project that’s a Navidrome + SpotiFlac that intercepts search and stream queries to stream all songs on demand. Then lastfm scrobbles to handle some discoveries.
Probably also do an import for playlist and whatnot.
The AI songs are making it a hassle because their own playlists populate 70% of searches.