Maybe nobody cares <i>yet</i> because nobody has made a sufficiently compelling alternative.<p>Almost everyone I know has at least some bands they like that aren&#x27;t one of the few acts at the top. Local bands, side projects, anti-establishment punk bands, whatever.<p>My little working class town is a miniature hotbed for small bands. They don&#x27;t all make weird punk or whatever, tons of them make music that would be really nice for café ambience.<p>But from visiting cafés around here, it does seem like the only music that exists is the repeating top 20. I don&#x27;t think anyone actually likes this, though. I certainly don&#x27;t.<p>Somebody could make it fun and easy for cafés and friends and whoever to play that music. That would have a very real value.