I am not concerned with ad fraud, since it is more or less futile to prevent fraud in pay per impression setups. My suggestion would however work, if ad money

I am not concerned with ad fraud, since it is more or less futile to prevent fraud in pay per impression setups. My suggestion would however work, if ad money were distributed for plays proportional to how paying users listen, as long as Spotify's fee is larger than the ads share of revenue. I.e. each paying user don't "decide" more than a dollar of royalties per dollar paid. https://www.musicbusinessworldwide.com/great-big-spotify-scam-bulgarian-playlister-swindle-way-fortune-streaming-service/ https://www.musicbusinessworldwide.com/great-big-spotify-sca... They argue a guy in Bulgaria set up 1200 premium accounts. However, they don't have proof.