Spotify Says It Hid 50 Million Slop Tracks, and I Do Not Trust the Number
Spotify says it kept more than 50 million slop and spam tracks out of recommendations this year, without saying how many were AI. Disclosure is still voluntary.
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JustWatch Now Sells the Kind of Subscription It Was Built to Help You Sort Out
JustWatch launched JustWatch TV: a free tier with ads, rentals and a $3.99 ad-free plan in 11 markets, with partners named but no detailed catalog.
Plex Starts Selling Movie Tickets Inside Its App
Plex added movie ticket sales to its app, and Ars Technica says it uses discovery data. My question is whether that data is anonymous and clearly disclosed.
Deezer Will Let You Switch Off AI Music. I Want to See How It Decides What Counts.
Deezer will add a toggle to remove fully AI-generated music before the end of 2026. Useful, but the detection claims come from Deezer alone.
Apple Will Stop Fixing Your 2017 Apple TV. That Does Not Mean Nobody Will.
Apple has marked the 2017 Apple TV 4K as vintage, the step before it stops repairing it entirely. Expected, and less final than it sounds: independent repair still exists, as long as parts do.