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> they pay artists more, supposedly They don't. Spotify pays out roughly 66% of their revenue as royalties, while Apple Music only does about 50%. [1] [1] htt
by fundatus 2y ago
> they pay artists more, supposedly
They don't. Spotify pays out roughly 66% of their revenue as royalties, while Apple Music only does about 50%. [1]
[1] https://www.wsj.com/articles/apple-music-reveals-how-much-it-pays-when-you-stream-a-song-11618579800 https://www.wsj.com/articles/apple-music-reveals-how-much-it... https://archive.is/lRZns https://archive.is/lRZns
- 23B1 2y agoDang that sucks. Man, I really, really hate this situation.
- Schiendelman 2y agoNo, they misread.
- ivanbakel 2y agoThat percentage doesn’t really explain anything. What if Apple has more revenue? What if Apple users stream less, so royalty costs per subscription are lower? In both cases the AM payout could be fairer for artists and the percentage could still be lower. The article you cite actually claims the latter is true, so it seems looking at just that statistic is misleading.
- threeseed 2y agoDid you even read what you posted ? "Its average per-stream payout rate is lower"
- mustyoshi 2y agoThat comes down to Spotify being mostly ad supported users and Apple being all paid. If Spotify got rid of their free tier their 60-70% rev share would be more than Apple's 50%. But then the number of streams would go down by 50-60%, counterintuitively the total payout would only go down like 10-15% tho.