Comment by gxqoz

I wonder if some of these decisions are driven by their business model. My understanding is Spotify's agreement with record labels means they have very low margin on a typical song stream. I've heard that some of their playlists are very valuable for artists and that there's some payola going on there. It could make sense that they're nudging people in those directions.

They also see much more upside in podcasts and thus are pushing people there.