You pay 10$ to listen to hundreds of songs a month, how can it possibly be profitable for artists?
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The problem is the gatekeeping and the delocalizing of music discovery. Nobody goes to shows anymore for various reasons but a big one being that there are no local music scenes. When Spotify chooses who gets on these playlists they don’t consider how it can connect fans with their local artists….on top of that, it’s created a “pay to play” model for many of these playlists behind the scenes. To make matters worse, Spotify pays major label artists a higher stream royalty than indie artists…which may have made sense in 2012 before streaming was established but not anymore.
Maybe I’m getting old but seems like it’s affecting the quality of music too.
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