I bet I know why the strict censorship began. Ads/monetization seems to be beginning - I talk to ChatGPT about music constantly, and all of a sudden, a green popup keeps coming up in chat asking me if I want to use Spotify.

I should have taken a screenie of it, but I didn't have the presence of mind to. It came up 3 or 4 times and I got annoyed enough with it suggesting Spotify to me constantly that I asked ChatGPT outright to stop suggesting it. (BTW, for what it's worth, I never use Spotify and have never even mentioned it - I never even talk about any streaming services, ever, so there is no reason for Chat to ever talk about it to me.) If you want to test this for yourself, talk to your ChatGPT about any music related topic, and see if it comes up for you, too.