The problem with Spotify is how they allocate royalties. If I pay my £10 a month and only listen to whatever 5 indie bands I like, I’d expect them to get £2 ea

The problem with Spotify is how they allocate royalties. If I pay my £10 a month and only listen to whatever 5 indie bands I like, I’d expect them to get £2 each from my listening. But they don’t. Lady Gaga will get most of my money despite me never listening to her music, because all they do is put everyone’s money in a big pile and divide it up depending on who got the most listens. They have to do that because otherwise Lady Gaga wasn’t put her music on Spotify.