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Yes 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
by Y-bar 6y ago
Yes 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...