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Spotify might not care as much about the music and the artists as pirates, but they sure pay the artists more.
by cortesoft 2y ago
Spotify might not care as much about the music and the artists as pirates, but they sure pay the artists more.
- AlexandrB 2y agoBarely. Some artists outright tell you to pirate their music since most of their money comes from touring/merch.
- ugjka 2y agoI discover stuff on Spotify more than i would ever from pirating and only then i can go watch their live stuff and buy their merch. If I want a Flac i go to Bandcamp though
- TaylorAlexander 2y agoMakes me wonder if artists would see the same benefit then if piracy were legal and someone made a nice Spotify-like frontend for it. I think about how places like library genesis have to be so weirdly arranged because of how illegal they are.
- ShroudedNight 2y agoWasn't that essentially what Grooveshark was?
- TaylorAlexander 2y agoOoh possibly! The name is familiar but I’ve forgotten entirely what it was like.