Something a lot of people don't seem to know about spotify is that artists are compensated based on their position in the charts, not based directly on how many

Something a lot of people don't seem to know about spotify is that artists are compensated based on their position in the charts, not based directly on how many times their song was played. So if you only listen to obscure folk music, most (possibly all) of the $10 you're paying goes to artists you don't listen to. That's why some indie artists say they prefer piracy to spotify, it's almost the same to them.