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> It also has nothing to do with "heavy users" vs "light users." A heavy user can listen to the same artist or same small handful of albums. Currently, a heavy
by Eridrus 6y ago
> It also has nothing to do with "heavy users" vs "light users." A heavy user can listen to the same artist or same small handful of albums.
Currently, a heavy user (i.e. above average) controls the distribution of more money to artists than a below average user since they control the amount of money in proportion to how they stream.
A user-centric model that splits the revenue from a user means that those who listen to more music will generate less revenue to each artist per stream, and those that listen to less music will generate more revenue per stream.
An above average user that listens only to the same artist provides more money to artists now than in a user-centric revenue model.