Comment on Spotify plans to raise prices this year and introduce new plans - GSMArena.com news

• darkphotonstudio@beehaw.org ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

  Why? Streaming has become a scam and everyone seems okay with it. Like everything online. Everything is an expensive subscription to rent entertainment. My suggestion? Buy CDs. Buy directly from the artists. Or pirate it, at least Spotify won’t make any money from it.

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  • Penguincoder@beehaw.org ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

    at least Spotify won’t make any money from it.

    And the artists still won’t. So given in either case, the artist don’t make squat; using Spotify is easier. So, use spotify.

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    • darkphotonstudio@beehaw.org ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

      So you care more about yourself and Spotify than the artists who give you hours and hours of entertainment. Cool.

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      • Penguincoder@beehaw.org ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

        When the suggestion is to pirate it, so spotify doesn’t get any money I don’t see how your follow-up comment matters. In either case of piracy, OR using spotify, the artist still doesn’t make money. Problem is that piracy comes with a lot more hoops and headaches.

        Of course, buying the artist CD or songs directly is much preferable to either.

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  • gerryflap@feddit.nl ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

    How is Spotify a scam? I can probably at most buy one CD per month for the same price as Spotify. Yet Spotify gives unlimited access to good quality versions of almost every song out there. Even with raised prices it’s still a way better deal for most consumers than buying music directly.

    Personally I tend to also buy a few albums a year, because I like owning them and I like supporting the artists. But the convenience of having every track at your fingertips is hard to beat

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    • beefcat@beehaw.org ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

      that is why spotify is a scam. it may be a good deal for you, the consumer, but it has made it even harder for artists to make money off their work.

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    • darkphotonstudio@beehaw.org ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

      It’s a scam for artists. They make a pittance. Meanwhile, Spotify is raking it in. It may be an amazing deal for you, but musicians are making nothing from it.

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• Churbleyimyam@lemm.ee ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

  Bandcamp Fridays.

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