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Spotify pays based on popularity not streams. This means people who exclusively listen to one genre of music might have little or none of their money go to the
by swiley 6y ago
Spotify pays based on popularity not streams. This means people who exclusively listen to one genre of music might have little or none of their money go to the artists they like.
Streaming could be good but as it is it's just piracy without the RIAA fighting it.
- dannyeei 6y agoDo you have a source for this?
- likeclockwork 6y agoThis is well known. They pay out based on percentage of total plays rather than percentage of a given user's plays. If a band has exactly one fan total who only listens to them instead of getting whatever is left of that person's fees after the platform cut the band will get almost nothing, despite commanding 100% of one person's attention. There is some advocacy around this that explains it better: http://subscribershare.com/ http://subscribershare.com/
- likeclockwork 6y agoOh let me also describe it the other way. Let's say there are two total users of a service, you and I for the purpose of this example. You listen to your favorite band one time per month, I listen to my favorite band twice. My favorite band gets 2/3 while yours gets 1/3.