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> Is there a need to integrate with anything? I do like a more open/api platform and wish Apple was, but Spotify probably won't be for long. Tracking my plays
by drawkbox 4y ago
> Is there a need to integrate with anything?
I do like a more open/api platform and wish Apple was, but Spotify probably won't be for long. Tracking my plays takes more work with everything to closed.
Apple misses some of the obscure stuff but I will always side with the higher payer to artists. I also like just being able to buy albums I like and support artists.
- eloisius 4y agoThat higher royalty isn’t because of altruism. It’s probably a factor of licensing volume.
- wfhordie 4y agoComments like this one are a real puzzler to me. Why does it matter that the higher royalty is not out of altruism? It’s money! Money doesn’t care. More money for artists is good. You can’t buy a cheeseburger with altruism. I guess I’m just not sure what sort of “gotcha” this is supposed to be. The beauty of incentive alignment is that you don’t have to waste your time trying to discern nebulous motivations of large groups of people.
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- dmitriid 4y ago> Comments like this one are a real puzzler to me. Why does it matter that the higher royalty is not out of altruism? It’s money! Money doesn’t care. More money for artists is good. You can’t buy a cheeseburger with altruism. All the money that streaming services pay out goes to copyright holders. Guess who the copyright holders are. If you say "artists", think again. For the absolute vast majority of music it's the Big Four/Three: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Music_industry#Consolidation https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Music_industry#Consolidation So, when the likes of Spotify pay 60-70% of their revenue to the record labels, and the artists get peanuts... Spotify (and Tidal, and Apple Music, and...) get blamed. Now this is a real puzzler.
- DangitBobby 4y agoBut the artist does get more peanuts if I stream on a service that spends more on royalties per play, yes?
- dmitriid 4y agoUntil the Big Four renegotiate the agreement, yes.
- 8note 4y agoIf they just sold it, then no? They might get more for their next sale, though I imagine the count of streams is more influential for that than the revenue per stream
- DangitBobby 4y ago> If they just sold it, then no? Please explain. > though I imagine the count of streams is more influential for that than the revenue per stream Whether I listen on Apple or Spotify, their count of streams increases by the same amount.
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- eloisius 4y agoBecause if royalties are function of licensing volume, it makes no difference who you choose. If more people ditched Spotify for Apple Music, they’d start getting more favorable rates with record labels. If you really wanted to help artists, it would make the most sense to use whichever service is cheapest and then donate the difference to artists. But, personally I’d just go with whoever provides the best user experience, which is none of them, so I basically haven’t listened to music aside from occasional YouTube chill beats for years.
- mikkergp 4y agoYeah, don’t go work for FAANG’s because that increased salary is probably just a ploy to increase profits.