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If you're actually looking for a streaming service that is more respectful of artists, Tidal (though I have a feeling it may not last). They pay up to 10x per s
by FireBeyond 9mo ago
If you're actually looking for a streaming service that is more respectful of artists, Tidal (though I have a feeling it may not last). They pay up to 10x per stream in royalties, and also have a more equitable algorithm (Spotify pushes an unfair weight to more popular artists across their service, regardless of your personal streaming).
- listenallyall 9mo agoWhat's unfair about it?
- FireBeyond 9mo agoSpotify keeps approximately 30% of subscription and ad revenues. The remaining approximately 70% goes into one big pool. That pool is distributed based on share of total streams. So if there are 1 trillion streams total and an artist gets 1 billion of them, they get 0.1% of the entire payout pool. You are not paid by your listeners — you are paid in proportion to everyone else’s listening. So if you pay $10/month and listens only to niche artists: - your money still goes into the global pool - it is mostly paid out to Drake, Taylor Swift, Bad Bunny, etc. - even if you never listen to them
- listenallyall 9mo agoBut your streams are counted (just like everyone else's) in determining the total percentage of streams for which each artist was responsible. Those niche artists you like get a boost when you listen. What you described sounds absolutely fair and democratic.