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> In any case, the user centric model gives more direct power to users to target the money they pay for the service to the artists or tracks they favour compare
by iso947 6y ago
> In any case, the user centric model gives more direct power to users to target the money they pay for the service to the artists or tracks they favour compared with the pro rata model, which is not transparent from their point of view.
This is the model most people would think their money goes to. But the recording industry has never been intuitive. Or fair.
- Y-bar 6y agoYes and no. I did personally think (before learning more) that my monthly payment was divided to the artists I listened to. But all money is pooled to a single bucket from which money is then distributed to all artists. So even if I never listen to any of the 0.4% artists here, 9.9% of my payment goes to them anyway.
- StringyBob 6y agoIt’s worse than that, because as a paying subscriber you are subsidizing listens coming from free/ad-supported accounts too. In fact, other users take away your money from artists you like if they are a heavier user of the service than you - as they get more of the total pot in current system. From the point of view of the big labels who have control this is a feature not a bug. http://www.serci.org/congress_documents/2019/user_centric_revisited.pdf http://www.serci.org/congress_documents/2019/user_centric_re...