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• Alaknar@sopuli.xyz ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  Artists love you, I’m sure.

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  • UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    I doubt they notice. Most artists either get income directly from fans at concerts, via merch, or through explicit patronage (Bandcamp, Patreon, etc).

    The money they get from streaming isn’t remotely enough to support a professional career. Streaming is more about promotion - to get you in the door at the next concert - than actual income.

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    • Alaknar@sopuli.xyz ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

      Sure. But getting more is better than getting less, no?

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      • UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

        Do artists benefit more from ad-dense, algorithm gamed, corporate controlled media outlets kicking them a few bucks every month?

        Or is a guerilla campaign of populist free-at-download distribution better for long term concert attendance and merch sales?

        On the whole, there is minimal moral difference between an individual playing an album on Spotify or lifting it wholesale from a seedy site. The actual difference is that if you are pirating or file-sharing, you’re about 30% likelier to actually buy music

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• asterfield@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  I’m not sure that’s something to be proud of

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