ooli@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 years ago...So I Finally Quit Spotifyoliviarafferty.substack.comexternal-linkmessage-square197fedilinkarrow-up1341arrow-down1131
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minus-squareJramskov@feddit.dklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up12arrow-down16·2 years agoYou’re shitting on Spotify and use that to defend that you’re stealing from artists?
minus-squareGutless2615@ttrpg.networklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up14·2 years agoSpotify is stealing from artists too. I’m just not lining that corporations pockets. I still buy albums from band camp and go to shows and buy merch — all much more direct impactful ways of supporting the artists.
minus-squarescripthook@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3arrow-down2·2 years agoSpotify pays a fraction of a penny per play to artists. Who’s really the one stealing?
minus-squareJramskov@feddit.dklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·2 years agoSo, because Spotify doesn’t pay much to artists, it’s okay that you pay nothing?
You’re shitting on Spotify and use that to defend that you’re stealing from artists?
Spotify is stealing from artists too. I’m just not lining that corporations pockets. I still buy albums from band camp and go to shows and buy merch — all much more direct impactful ways of supporting the artists.
Spotify pays a fraction of a penny per play to artists. Who’s really the one stealing?
So, because Spotify doesn’t pay much to artists, it’s okay that you pay nothing?