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This article annoys me. "YouTube makes $9 billion in annual revenues, but artists earn more from the sales of vinyl records than online streaming" It's a usel
by rjmunro 9y ago
This article annoys me.
"YouTube makes $9 billion in annual revenues, but artists earn more from the sales of vinyl records than online streaming"
It's a useless comparison. Perhaps the vinyl industry is worth more than $9 billion. Not all of YouTube is music streaming. More artists are on YouTube than release vinyl. A single artist that has vinyl releases and has videos on YouTube may earn more from the vinyl, but there are many more artists on youtube who don't sell vinyl.
The article is good and has a valid points, but it's important to put comparisons you can actually compare.
Then "... Levon Helm, who was forced to put on a series of concerts at his home at the age of 70, while dying from throat cancer, in order to pay his medical bills"
Sounds like a story about medical bills / lack of insurance, not a story about digital music sales. Plenty of other people get throat cancer and aren't famous enough to put on concerts to pay the bills.