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I would prefer that arrangement as well, and I don't know if the reason for not doing it is technical, or because of contracts with the big labels. It may be a
by KozmoNau7 8y ago
I would prefer that arrangement as well, and I don't know if the reason for not doing it is technical, or because of contracts with the big labels.
It may be a deal with the devil to let Spotify continue to exist, as the labels could easily crush them.
And you can already support your favorite artists directly, by going to their shows, buying their merch and buying their music on Bandcamp. Some artists even use Patreon now, which is a sort of interesting return to the days of artists working for wealthy patrons.
- naivefool 8y agoI always assumed it was to account for the non-paying listeners (i would rather this was done through a budget - e.g. 20% of listeners are not paying so upfront take 20% of my money to pay for them - then do a fair calc on splitting users revenue by their listens). I think effectively record labels can say something like this to spotify: hey 70% of music listened to is the charts by non paying members, what are you doing to protect our investment? i dont know if its a simple as that but i can imagine there are very particular shapes to listening behaviours/