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Not the person you replied to, but apparently Deezer is waaay nicer with paying out artists than Spotify/Apple music. It's apparently due to how revenue is dist
by user_7832 3y ago
Not the person you replied to, but apparently Deezer is waaay nicer with paying out artists than Spotify/Apple music. It's apparently due to how revenue is distributed (paying per total minutes played vs share of user-minutes or something, I'm not very clear.) Essentially with Spotify the vrey popular Tailor Swifts get a much nicer payment whereas if you listen exclusively to indie artists on Deezer they actually see more of your money.
Fun fact, Deezer started off as a piracy website that grew big enough to turn legitimate when sued :)
- throwaway290 3y agoSince you mention "per minutes played", not sure it compares with Bandcamp... If you like to buy HQ files instead paying for streaming. Could be that Bandcamp is ripe to be disrupted by someone more friendly to artists. Edit: good to know, I'll have to take a look at it.
- tourmalinetaco 3y agoDeezer offers both a way to purchase and a way to stream music. They have a monthly subscription plan to stream their catalog alongside the ability to purchase outright and download in standard formats.
- tourmalinetaco 3y agoDeezer has definitely caught my eye in the past! Them paying artists better is an even sweeter deal. And I love piracy-turned-legitimacy stories. For instance, Crunchyroll, originally an anime piracy streaming site, turned legit and eventually overtook a monolith in the US anime industry with Funimation. Funimation and Crunchyroll were both bought by Sony, and Funimation’s brand identity was deemed weaker (something unthinkable back during their 90s/00s peak) and had everything renamed to Crunchyroll. Unfortunately though I can’t recommend Crunchyroll, as last I was aware they heavily underpaid their subtitler staff.