I've found half a dozen or more artists through Spotify I never would have heard of otherwise. I've seen several lives shows with those groups. I've even purcha

I've found half a dozen or more artists through Spotify I never would have heard of otherwise. I've seen several lives shows with those groups. I've even purchased a vinyl or two from Spotify from those marketing emails they send out based on your listening. I pay less than $20/mo to Spotify directly but they are responsible for literally thousands of dollars of my money going to artists, producers, labels, etc. over the last several years that would not have happened without them. IMO whether artists made more in the 90s selling CDs for $34 ($17 in '95 adjusted for inflation) is irrelevant, if Spotify or similar systems didn't exist today they'd be making less than they are now due to piracy.