‘It ultimately made people realize that music was worth paying for’: Spotify’s Sten Garmark on how the streaming giant created an entirely new business model, and its mission to convince users that ‘there was something better than free’

I sat down with Sten Garmark, Global Head of Consumer Experience at Spotify, to reflect on the company’s impact 20 years on.
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‘Turns out I’m deaf’: Someone built a browser tool to test the difference between Hi-Res Audio FLAC and lossy MP3 with your own music, so you’ve no excuse for getting it wrong

This ultimate FLAC vs MP3 tool tests whether your ears can pick out lossless vs lossy audio with the tracks you know best
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Out of all Spotify’s music discovery tools over 20 years, my loyalty still lies with this underrated feature — and it’s not Discover Weekly

This Spotify feature is one of the app’s most underrated tools for music discovery.

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Dune is the new worldwide music platform aiming to fix Spotify’s artist income problem — and the band you love? Probably loves it

This new music platform is like Spotify and Kickstarter rolled into one — and one of my all-time favorite bands is launching music exclusively on it.
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Deezer says nearly half of all new music uploaded to its site is AI generated — and it’s calling on Spotify and other streaming giants to do more about it

Deezer will no longer store hi-res versions of AI-generated songs in its continued fight against AI slop.

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Spotify is rolling out new video controls, and as someone who hates its in-app music videos, I know this will be a huge hit

Spotify’s new video controls allow you to disable Canvas videos, music videos, and other visual content for an audio-first experience.
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Who knew NASA had solid music taste — these are all the songs being played to the Artemis II crew for their wake-up calls

NASA is soundtracking the Artemis II mission with some solid tunes to keep its crew on schedule.

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Struggle to find podcasts that land with you? Spotify’s new prompt tool can build you a curated pod playlist on specific topics

Are you a pop head or a weird science enthusiast? Spotify now lets you create playlists of podcast episodes on your favorite topics.
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I finally sold my CD collection — and it reminded me why iTunes was better than any streaming service in 2026

Here’s how burning discs onto an old iPod helped me appreciate physical media.

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Spotify’s SongDNA is like a musical Wikipedia on steroids — I just can’t stop using it

I haven’t stopped using SongDNA since Spotify released it — this is how my first hands-on with the feature went.

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