This is the enshitification path, sooner or later these services have to turn to shit or charge a premium to be sustainable.
Step 1 is to provide a good value, then lure in creators, then lock them in and profit.
This is Amazon Prime Music, an unasked for add-on to Amazon Prime to (in their minds) justify their raising the cost of Amazon Prime, so they managed to skip step 1. It was never a good value.
This is Amazon Prime Music, an unasked for add-on to Amazon Prime to (in their minds) justify their raising the cost of Amazon Prime, so they managed to skip step 1. It was never a good value.