Joshua Gilliland Joshua Gilliland

The People Cheering Spotify's Verification System Aren't Going to Be Verified Either

Spotify rolled out artist verification yesterday. Trust badge, green checkmark, criteria designed to distinguish "real" artists from AI-generated content. Do I care that Spotify is doing this? Not really. They're a private company. What I do care about is the pattern. The independent artists most loudly cheering the rollout are going to discover the verification system was never built for them.

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