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This doesn't really reflect the way a lot of people listen to Spotify. It's like the radio. Yes, there are some classics you always go back to but there's also

This doesn't really reflect the way a lot of people listen to Spotify. It's like the radio. Yes, there are some classics you always go back to but there's also a constant stream of new music entering the mix as other music exits it. Not to mention the underavailability of music on a service like Bandcamp. What % of the top Spotify tracks can actually be bought there? Don't get me wrong, I'm no fan of Spotify. But streaming music ushered in a new way for people to interact with music. I personally think it's worse but clearly plenty of people disagree. And I think we wear rose tinted glasses when looking at the past. I’m old enough that I actually did buy albums back in the day, I have a great memory of running out to get Radiohead’s Kid A then sitting in my room listening to it in its entirety. But if I were to actually take stock of how many of those albums I still listen to today… I can’t even remember a load of them. There were a bunch of misses on there that I’d probably have been better off not buying.

lukeschlather 2y ago
The only way I ever listened to as many artists as I do on Spotify is through borrowing friends' hard drives to copy their music, and my selection was much more limited. Spotify pays the artists something and it lets me know when there are concerts too. I'm not saying it's good, but it is uniformly better I think.
- plussed_reader 2y ago
  That something is called exposure, not money. Oregon Trail says you can die from too much of it.
  - HDThoreaun 2y ago
    Streaming is the majority of music revenue today
    - plussed_reader 2y ago
      Not from this listener. When they can agree on revenue sharing that doesn't neglect the artist on which their service is built upon I'll start looking at them again.
      - HDThoreaun 2y ago
        70% of revenue is more than artists get from any other source, equal to digital sales.
Zambyte 2y ago
> This doesn't really reflect the way a lot of people listen to Spotify. I know. My music listening habits have changed since I dropped Spotify. I am not less happy for it. In fact, I value the music that I listen to much more now, since the music I listen to is pretty exclusively a set of music that I thought was good enough to pay money for specifically. > Not to mention the underavailability of music on a service like Bandcamp. What % of the top Spotify tracks can actually be bought there? When you add 7digital and Amazon music, I think the % is over 100. I have never not been able to find a DRM free distribution of an album or song that I wanted.

lukeschlather 2y ago

The only way I ever listened to as many artists as I do on Spotify is through borrowing friends' hard drives to copy their music, and my selection was much more limited. Spotify pays the artists something and it lets me know when there are concerts too. I'm not saying it's good, but it is uniformly better I think.

plussed_reader 2y ago
That something is called exposure, not money. Oregon Trail says you can die from too much of it.
- HDThoreaun 2y ago
  Streaming is the majority of music revenue today
  - plussed_reader 2y ago
    Not from this listener. When they can agree on revenue sharing that doesn't neglect the artist on which their service is built upon I'll start looking at them again.
    - HDThoreaun 2y ago
      70% of revenue is more than artists get from any other source, equal to digital sales.

Zambyte 2y ago

> This doesn't really reflect the way a lot of people listen to Spotify. I know. My music listening habits have changed since I dropped Spotify. I am not less happy for it. In fact, I value the music that I listen to much more now, since the music I listen to is pretty exclusively a set of music that I thought was good enough to pay money for specifically. > Not to mention the underavailability of music on a service like Bandcamp. What % of the top Spotify tracks can actually be bought there? When you add 7digital and Amazon music, I think the % is over 100. I have never not been able to find a DRM free distribution of an album or song that I wanted.