My understanding is that the amount of money spent on music by consumers has dramatically increased in the streaming age. It's not clear to me that Spotify only

My understanding is that the amount of money spent on music by consumers has dramatically increased in the streaming age. It's not clear to me that Spotify only passing on ~half after fees is any different to a CD bought in a shop that pays rent and needs manufacturing, physical distribution, etc. I'm fairly sure this is not about Spotify being too cheap, it's that the revenue distribution skewed in the transition from CDs to streaming in favour of popular artists.