> They priced an entire month of music at about £10, the same as a CD. That's 720 hours (30 days) Yeah, but who listens for 24 hours a day, all month? Also, t

> They priced an entire month of music at about £10, the same as a CD. That's 720 hours (30 days) Yeah, but who listens for 24 hours a day, all month? Also, that £10 CD can be played infinitely. That's infinity hours of music, which comes out to around 0p per hour. That's completely unreasonable! ;) The convenience of Spotify converted me from piracy, getting my money back into the recorded music game. I don't think I'm alone in that. That 29% cut quoted in the article doesn't seem unreasonable to me, especially when some of that is "new" money. What were the margins of old record shops? That was the main thing I wanted to discuss, but let me also question some assumptions you seem to make. > the labels have less control to "dictate" or push specific artists. Why is that a problem? The curation and popularity lists are not gone, btw: the streaming services have taken over that role. > The availability of everyone to release their own music has diluted the market so now there is so much volume, nobody gets heard On the flip side, more people get the opportunity to be a little heard. Seems like a win to me. Also, there are definitely still those who are heard more than others.