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> Compensating artists fairly starts by kicking out useless middlemen, and Apple plays that role in this instance. Spotify needs the cooperation of the major r
by wilsonnb3 4y ago
> Compensating artists fairly starts by kicking out useless middlemen, and Apple plays that role in this instance.
Spotify needs the cooperation of the major record labels to operate and they have no interest in compensating artists fairly or kicking middlemen out of the process.
- smoldesu 4y agoHard to say, Apple never gave them a chance.
- acdha 4y agoDo they do it on Android or desktops? They’d have a much stronger moral case if they said that on every other platform they take the cut they’d give Apple and forward it to the artist instead.
- johnbellone 4y agoAnd it isn’t like Apple hasn’t tried using their weight before to fix market prices in their favor. See the debacle with eBooks.