• greyscaleA
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    2 hours ago

    Paying spotify to punish artists and pay industry bodies who in turn funnel money to rightoid hate groups is worse than starving artists.

    Also, most artists get fuck all from Spotify or any of the streamers. Its a dead model and the only thing we’re guilty of is felony contempt of business model.

    Fuck it, real fans steal the music and turn up to gigs.

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      Paying spotify to punish artists and pay industry bodies who in turn funnel money to rightoid hate groups is worse than starving artists.

      Let me know how suing people for downloading music on Limewire works out for you

      Also, most artists get fuck all from Spotify or any of the streamers

      There’s more music released every minute that can be listened to in a lifetime, this is what happens when supply outstrips demand

      Fuck it, real fans steal the music and turn up to gigs.

      That’s cool and all but not every artist does gigs and most people don’t go to them, so there needs to be something for the other 99% of people, which conveniently, is called Spotify or Qobuz

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          I don’t know if it’s stealing but I feel better knowing when I listen to music artists get paid

          As someone else pointed out:

          Today, Spotify accounts for roughly 30% of recorded music revenue.

          That’s a lot of artists making music we enjoy who are able to eat at night

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            1 hour ago

            Theres also a lot of aritists having their media streamed by these companies who get absolutely zero because they’re being robbed by Spotify and the industry at large

            Just because Taylor Swift gets her cut doesn’t mean its just and fair.

            Infact, I’d say thats just concentrating wealth in the hands of power again… So… uhh… I’mma keep “stealing” it and buying band merch instead.