To summarize that Medium link: * Heavy users get too much of a vote. In effect, they decide where money from less active subscribers goes, even if everyone pay

To summarize that Medium link: * Heavy users get too much of a vote. In effect, they decide where money from less active subscribers goes, even if everyone pays the same. * Specialized or niche content struggles to earn real money. Everyone goes for the big hit. * It is vulnerable to click fraud. You can control more money than you paid, just by downloading lots. What they suggest, paraphrased: If you stream 10 items, each item earns 1/10th of your total usage e.g. each gets $1. Taken to an extreme, if you only stream 1 song, then that artist gets the full $10. ----- How then, does this model seek to pay artists based on users who aren't paying?