I think I came across a YouTube video a while back that said even the platform was sponsoring fake artist accounts to recoup/claim streaming royalty payments.

I think I came across a YouTube video a while back that said even the platform was sponsoring fake artist accounts to recoup/claim streaming royalty payments. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pCAPll9A5F8 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pCAPll9A5F8 After years of grinding to break ground on spotify and seeing the names they promote taking the lion share of revenue it becomes very apparent that it's a cash grab that just can't be trusted. There are literally dozens of other sites that do the exact same schemes and only pay out a fraction of the revenue they rake in for doing little to nothing for artist and music discovery. The social Internet just seems more scammy than ever, and that's why I keep most of my music work offline until it gets worked into a project. Eventually there will be a correction hopefully, but the vast amount of free/unrewarded work that is being hustled out of people from these sites is not sustainable, and eventually it will turn into a content creator drought/strike if it goes unchecked too long.