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Google Music does it the same way: https://play.google.com/intl/ALL_ALL/about/artist-terms.html https://play.google.com/intl/ALL_ALL/about/artist-terms.html ""

Google Music does it the same way: https://play.google.com/intl/ALL_ALL/about/artist-terms.html https://play.google.com/intl/ALL_ALL/about/artist-terms.html """ (a) “Subscription Fees” shall be the greater of: (A): Monthly Subscription Minimum * number of Google Play music subscription service subscribers on the last day of such month * Your Subscription Activity Ratio -- OR -- (B): Subscription Revenue Share * Music Subscription Revenue * Your Subscription Activity Ratio """ B is exactly what is laid out in the parent article, A is a subtle twist on it. Both of them are still [Google's revenue] * Your Subscription Activity Ratio, where "Your Subscription Activity Ratio" == "the fraction: (i) the numerator of which shall be the total number of streams and plays of Your Tracks from the Google Play music subscription service; and (ii) the denominator of which will be the total number of streams and plays of all tracks from the Google Play music subscription service."

mytochar 12y ago
So does this mean that an artist makes more money when I /don't/ choose Google Music, because they get paid per advertisement shown when I load their video? ... this makes me sad.
- 21echoes 12y ago
  not even close! you'd have to watch the video more than a thousand times, each of those views having a pre-roll video ad before it, and never skipping thru the pre-roll video ad. realistically, this means the artist would have to get more than fifty thousand streams per month to equal just one subscriber.
  - 21echoes 12y ago
    It won't let me edit, but I realized my comment is not clearly worded. You, as a listener, would have to listen to more than fifty thousand streams in one month to "pay" Google an amount of ad revenue equivalent to the Google Music monthly subscription rate. So unless you listen to more than 1500 YouTube tracks per day, you're better off paying (if your goal is to support the artist). There's just not enough money in ads. This is why things like Patreon exist.

mytochar 12y ago

So does this mean that an artist makes more money when I /don't/ choose Google Music, because they get paid per advertisement shown when I load their video? ... this makes me sad.

21echoes 12y ago
not even close! you'd have to watch the video more than a thousand times, each of those views having a pre-roll video ad before it, and never skipping thru the pre-roll video ad. realistically, this means the artist would have to get more than fifty thousand streams per month to equal just one subscriber.
- 21echoes 12y ago
  It won't let me edit, but I realized my comment is not clearly worded. You, as a listener, would have to listen to more than fifty thousand streams in one month to "pay" Google an amount of ad revenue equivalent to the Google Music monthly subscription rate. So unless you listen to more than 1500 YouTube tracks per day, you're better off paying (if your goal is to support the artist). There's just not enough money in ads. This is why things like Patreon exist.