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The original was posted on /r/truespotify by /u/InternAway301 on 2025-06-19 14:05:19+00:00.

It’s honestly a bit disheartening that Spotify is trying to move from being an audio dedicated streaming platform to support video clips as well… Recent research on the fact that YouTube surpasses these platforms when it comes to the practice of music listening shows how this poses an environmental concern, since streaming video with the goal of accessing audio tracks for “soundtracking” life consumes more energy than streaming audio alone… If audio-only platforms are trying to assimilate to YouTube, there’s little hope for the sustainability of music streaming practices… It’s just unnecessary. The argument of bringing artists and fans closer together is major BS, wth does that even mean… Spotify could stand out in other ways. Its whole thing is allowing us to just listen to music, not watch music videos. If they want to compete, they could compete by being a more sustainable alternative and work on other affordances that make people opt for YouTube to listen to music. There’s research on that. Use it for leverage, ig. It may be greenwashing to some extent, but it’s definitely more sustainable than whatever their goal is by including videos.

Sorry if this is confusing. I found about this when doing research for my thesis and it’s making me really frustrated. I had to let it out.