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I work in the music industry and am intimately familiar with streaming earnings. While you are technically correct, I would much rather someone use this tool an
by superultra 3y ago
I work in the music industry and am intimately familiar with streaming earnings. While you are technically correct, I would much rather someone use this tool and buy a ticket to a show or an LP that stream over Spotify. In fact, the ad supported tier of Spotify is one of the lesser equitable ways to pay artists.
Your intent is good but gatekeeping people to use an inequitable system is not the solution.
- Reubend 3y ago> I would much rather someone use this tool and buy a ticket to a show or an LP that stream over Spotify. Sure! But at the end of the day, most of the people doing this will listen to hundreds of artists who they don't purchase tickets from, or buy their music directly. The fact that royalty payment are so low is sad. But if you use this tool, you're lowering them even further to $0.00
- superultra 3y agoSure, but like the OP, there's a built-in mistaken belief (promoted annually with Spotify Wrapped) that you're supporting the artist by streaming music. I'd rather someone know that they aren't supporting the artist and be aware of that fact than someone think that they're marginally supporting the artist (when in fact they are really just barely supporting the artist). Again as someone that works in the industry intimately: use this tool all you want, and find ways to support the artist.