Everyone on spotify is free to put their music on bandcamp for $10 instead, and I in fact have bought music exactly that way, getting high quality lossless audi

Everyone on spotify is free to put their music on bandcamp for $10 instead, and I in fact have bought music exactly that way, getting high quality lossless audio from a niche artist that probably doesn't make a cent from spotify. But artists largely don't take their music off spotify to exclusively sell alone, because if they tried that they wouldn't make a dime. Music is hard to "find" and your average music maker trying to go their own way (I know several) makes you zero dollars, so why not put it on spotify, make ten bucks, and also possibly find a fan who will buy your music on bandcamp for full price and essentially pay for your life. The modern creator economy has largely shown that the way you be an artist and make a living is by giving away your stuff mostly for free, making good quality stuff, gaining fans, and letting a small percentage of those fans literally donate you an $80k salary. This works for game makers, music makers, book writers, video producers, journalists, etc.