I don't think current subscription systems make the best use of this data. I personally believe that royalties should be calculated per individual paying user a

I don't think current subscription systems make the best use of this data. I personally believe that royalties should be calculated per individual paying user account rather than aggregated over total playbacks in the service. In other words, If I only listen to 'my favorite niche band' in a month, but don't use the service much, it's unlikely that they will see anything near the full possible share of royalties from that months $10. The system instead is biased to musicians whose fans use the system most heavily on loop - ironically more likely to be taylor swift type pop megastars. [edit - explained more clearly by http://lit.vulf.de/spotify-so-little/ http://lit.vulf.de/spotify-so-little/] Anyone know how apple will compare on royalties after the 3 month period compared to spotify? I've been a spotify premium subscriber since 2009, but would move to a system that meets my definition of equitable.