The Cost of Creation
A few days ago, Daniel Ek, the CEO of Spotify, made some comments on Twitter. This has caused quite a bit backlash and controversy, and rightfully so. It demonstrates a disturbing attitude and ignorance of what the creation of art involves. This isn't surprising coming from a man whose company seems determined to find any means possible to avoid actually paying the artists whose music is featured on their platform (mine isn't; I'm not letting them steal from me). So, immediately after becoming aware of this statement, I went on Bluesky and write a lengthy, spur of the moment series of posts about how dreadfully this man misunderstands what the creation of art entails. A lot of people seemed to agree with what I wrote, so I've decided to consolidate those posts here into one piece. First, this is what Daniel Ek said: “Today, with the cost of creating content being close to zero, people can share an incredible amount of content. This has sparked my curiosity about th...