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It might be that Spotify pays per song rather than per minute. Songs have been getting shorter in length because longer songs mean less money for artists. If y
by mdasen 3y ago
It might be that Spotify pays per song rather than per minute. Songs have been getting shorter in length because longer songs mean less money for artists.
If you have 10 6 minute songs, someone can only listen to 10 songs in an hour. If you have 20 3 minute songs, someone can listen to double the number of songs in an hour. If you're creating an album of white noise and trying to make the most money from Spotify, you don't want to create a long "song".
- jacurtis 3y agoYeah thats the same argument for movies being shorter as well. Thats why a lot of movies have crept down to 80-90 mins. It allows theaters to fit a whole extra showing into the day, which means more box office revenue. Only the big hits are generally allowed by the studios to be longer (like a Christopher Nolan or James Cameron movie for example). Because the same thing is true for movies. A theater ticket is going to be $10 regardless of whether the movie is 75 mins or 180 mins. Might as well squeeze more showings out.
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- johnnyanmac 3y agoon the other hand: few movie goers are seeing multiple movies a day, and movies make their money on concessions, not ticket sales. They don't necessarily care about many movies a day, as opposed to 2-3 big hits that can get people in. if Nolan can get 100 people in for the 180 minute oppenheimer as opposed to 20 people for the Haunted mansion, the goal is clear.
- iggldiggl 3y ago> Because the same thing is true for movies. A theater ticket is going to be $10 regardless of whether the movie is 75 mins or 180 mins. Might as well squeeze more showings out. Interesting – in Germany a small supplement for "over-length" movies was (or still is?) a commonplace thing.