I mean, it mostly works like that. You listen to someones music, you generate plays for them, `your` share gets paid to those artists you listened to. Sure it's

I mean, it mostly works like that. You listen to someones music, you generate plays for them, `your` share gets paid to those artists you listened to. Sure it's not all of your monthly subscription, but you probably also fund other people who use free version. Like I understand the idea where one would have 5 plays (5 artists) entire month and those artists would receive almost 2$ each from him (if no fee is deducted for spotify infrastructure).