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The story then changes from "Taylor Swift making sure artists are compensated for their work" to "Taylor Swift wants more money". Apple was never going to pay r

by IBM 11y ago

The story then changes from "Taylor Swift making sure artists are compensated for their work" to "Taylor Swift wants more money". Apple was never going to pay royalty rates based on people that paid $10 a month for the service on people that were paying nothing, asking that they do would make Taylor Swift look poorly.

protomyth 11y ago
The story changes to Apple is still going to short change artists to promote its service. Taylor Swift will look fine as she has incredible fan loyalty and communicates with her "customers" in a way Apple cannot.
- IBM 11y ago
  Guess you didn't see the reaction to the Tidal unveiling. All those artists have loyal fans as well.
  - protomyth 11y ago
    I did and it has nothing to do with this. Tidal has so many problems (e.g. streaming rights to Beyoncé) and relations to other artists that the situations are not similar.
    - IBM 11y ago
      The situation is absolutely similar because the outrage was about "rich millionaires asking for more money".
      - protomyth 11y ago
        No one at Tidal said anything about Indy artists.