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[-] General_Effort@lemmy.world 5 points 8 months ago

That figure is potentially misleading. You want to know how much of your subscription or ad revenue is paid out. The per stream royalty is diluted by non-paying users, or by users paying lower rates (in poorer countries, etc). If you move your subscription to a service that pays out a lower share, then you pay musicians less, even if the average payout per stream is higher.

[-] KoalaUnknown@lemmy.world 2 points 8 months ago

If ads don’t make enough money to pay artists, then Spotify shouldn’t offer a free tier. Don’t support a company that is hurting artists.

[-] General_Effort@lemmy.world 1 points 8 months ago

This is the kind of thinking that usually gets mocked on lemmy.

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