Spotify Warns Unwrapped Over Selling Pooled Listening Data to AI
Spotify users pooled listening data via the Unwrapped collective (on Vana) and sold aggregated artist-preference data to AI builders—raising about $55,000 in June from ~10,000 members (≈$5 each). Spotify warned the group it may violate the Wrapped trademark and developer rules banning Spotify data for AI; Unwrapped says it never received the notice and defends users' data-portability rights. Technical hurdles, tiny crypto payouts, and alleged Spotify interference are slowing growth.