Something I’ve heard said within the last 5 years and I find true in practice: Nobody (not enough) pays for music, and streaming made that even more true. Mos

Something I’ve heard said within the last 5 years and I find true in practice: Nobody (not enough) pays for music, and streaming made that even more true. Most of the music I don’t intentionally listen to, I instead hear is often out in public (or outside my control): grocery store, restaurant, hotel lobby, subway station, park, neighbors speaker, person on a bike, etc. A lot of this music is often either the radio or ad-based streaming platforms. The only people who pay for music are either die hard fans or people who have been guilted into paying for a streaming subscription. Often times even die hard fans/enthusiasts will purchase an vinyl LP or only use the streaming purchase to offset the pirating they do for high quality formats or rarity reasons. Most listeners of music are not paying for it; if you are…you’re a sucker.* * I have a Tidal subscription