floofloof@lemmy.ca to Music@lemmy.worldEnglish · 6 months agoHow are musicians supposed to survive on $0.00173 per stream?www.theguardian.comexternal-linkmessage-square99fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkHow are musicians supposed to survive on $0.00173 per stream?www.theguardian.comfloofloof@lemmy.ca to Music@lemmy.worldEnglish · 6 months agomessage-square99fedilink
minus-squareDangdoggo@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up0·6 months agoThis is a moot argument. You’re saying the system doesn’t support artists and that artists shouldn’t expect it to. Why not? Why can’t the system be changed? Streams should not be equivalent to tweets and it’s dumb to think they should be.
minus-squaredoublejay1999@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·6 months agoIt’s not entirely moot because it means competition is increased many fold. It doesn’t mitigate how Spotify behaves, but the market dynamic was changed by tech putting a serviceable studio is everyone’s bedroom.
This is a moot argument. You’re saying the system doesn’t support artists and that artists shouldn’t expect it to. Why not? Why can’t the system be changed? Streams should not be equivalent to tweets and it’s dumb to think they should be.
It’s not entirely moot because it means competition is increased many fold.
It doesn’t mitigate how Spotify behaves, but the market dynamic was changed by tech putting a serviceable studio is everyone’s bedroom.