Comment on Spotify’s 3rd price hike in 2.5 years hints at potential new normal
Steve@communick.news 2 days agoStreaming isn’t the problem. The lables screwing over the artists on their streaming cut is the problem. Stop supporting the lables.
Comment on Spotify’s 3rd price hike in 2.5 years hints at potential new normal
Steve@communick.news 2 days agoStreaming isn’t the problem. The lables screwing over the artists on their streaming cut is the problem. Stop supporting the lables.
bootstrap@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 day ago
Thats correct, streaming is not the problem. Streaming is just a technology. The companies are the problem.
Record companies dont walk in to spotify HQ and say “give me this much for this artist”. Spotify has a very specific payment model that fucks over small artists.
There are also many labels made by artists that are great and really support their artists so your point doesnt really work.
None of this is even touching on how spotify fills its curated playlists with slop so it doesnt have to pay as much royalties or how the only way it can make more money and appease shareholders is by constantly squeezing the consumer and charging more like this article. They have nothing innovating to offer to justify their price hikes.
I love streaming, I think it is incredibly convenient and effective for listening to music. I do not love companies that take an amazing technology and exploit it to destroy an industry that is already struggling in the name of profit.
Support your favourite artists directly or switch to other less scummy streaming services is my opinion. Spotify is destined to fail anyway or at least mutate into a “top 40” only platform with how many artists are leaving.