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Spotify made £56m profit, but has decided not to pay smaller artists like me. We need you to make some noise | Damon Krukowski (www.theguardian.com)

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[–] [email protected] 23 points 11 months ago (1 children)

That's the point, though. Spotify is rigged specifically so that they don't have to pay small artists. Spotify splits the pot with the Big Three and everyone else can go fuck themselves. I would much rather my monthly payment go toward the artists I actually listen to. Instead, most of a monthly payment goes to the most played artists-- which Spotify rigs to be whoever nets them the most money (low royalty artists, high dividends for Spotify and the Big Three who are highly invested in it)

[–] [email protected] 9 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (2 children)

I think Tidal scores the best among music streaming services in terms of compensating artists. I switched from Spotify to Tidal several months ago and have no regrets

[–] [email protected] 8 points 11 months ago

It's estimated that Tidal pays $0.013 per stream, Spotify pays $0.003 - $0.005, and Apple pays $0.01 per stream.
https://dittomusic.com/en/blog/how-much-does-tidal-pay-per-stream/

[–] [email protected] 2 points 11 months ago (1 children)

I doubt it pays much better, the issue might be partially the distribution, but mainly that they are too cheap.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago (1 children)

While it isn’t a lot more in general it is still about three times of Spotify. It also takes into consideration which artists you actually stream afaik, so that your money goes more towards those.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

Look like Tidal pays 4x more than Spotify on average. For small artists, it's likely hundreds of times more.