Strypey<p>Spotify is a shared distribution channel for the handful of corporate music publishers who own the platform. It is, in a sense, a producer co-op.</p><p>But producer co-op are, from what I've seen, the least cooperative form of co-op. Fonterra is a one. So is Foodstuffs. Both behave like typical, predatory corporations towards their workers and customers. So does Spotify, with its artists and listeners.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.nzoss.nz/tags/cooperatives" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>cooperatives</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.nzoss.nz/tags/ProducerCoops" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ProducerCoops</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.nzoss.nz/tags/Spotify" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Spotify</span></a></p>