Artists have literally shown up in the comments here explaining that it's not that simple, and that these rates are issues for people who sign to small/indie la

Artists have literally shown up in the comments here explaining that it's not that simple, and that these rates are issues for people who sign to small/indie labels and even artists who own their own labels. Also, "if you're abused it's your own fault for being dumb" is usually a take you want to be pretty careful with.