> If my 7$ is thrown in a global pool and split by global stream counts this artist gets almost nothing. Not by definition. If you generate more streams this m

> If my 7$ is thrown in a global pool and split by global stream counts this artist gets almost nothing. Not by definition. If you generate more streams this month than the average user, your streams are a larger fraction of the stream counts than your 7$ is of the revenue pool, and this artist will get paid more than if he only got your 7$. Splitting the revenue per-user instead of per-stream can certainly make a huge difference, but switching to per-user instead of per-stream benefits artists with listeners that generate a below-average amount of streams per month, regardless of their absolute stream numbers.