Comment on "Sponsored recommendations": I pay for Spotify Premium, and yet somehow I'm still the product?
Neve8028@lemm.ee 1 year agoNo streaming platforms pay well. Are you saying that artists should pull out of all streaming services? How would new artists get their music to a general audience?
FontMasterFlex@lemmy.world 1 year ago
I’m saying artists seem to be doing fine. If they don’t like how much Spotify is paying them, they are welcome to pull their music from the platform and put it in other places.
stephen01king@lemmy.zip 1 year ago
The choice is between getting paid pennies but with some exposure vs not getting paid at all with zero exposure. Obviously Spotify is the better choice, but it doesn’t mean that it’s a good choice for artists trying to make a living.
FontMasterFlex@lemmy.world 1 year ago
They aren’t entitled to anything. Just like the rest of us, if they are not happy with the amount they are being paid for their work, they are free to go work somewhere else.
Neve8028@lemm.ee 1 year ago
You have no idea what you’re talking about. What you’re saying is basically a “you criticize society yet you live in it” argument.
FontMasterFlex@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Hey, Youtube is free to upload. Get your shit out there. These artists are no more entitled to money than I am for doing my job. If I don’t like what I’m paid, I go find a different place to work. They can do the same thing. If they insist on making shitty music and whining that they aren’t paid enough, that’s no one’s fault but their own. Society owes them nothing.
Neve8028@lemm.ee 1 year ago
A more apt comparison would be saying that you don’t like what you’re paid but no other opportunities pay you a living wage either. You have no other options.
The reality is that presence on streaming services is essential for growth as an artist in this day and age. Youtube isn’t going to to cut it. You’re allowed to complain that a system is exploitative if it’s taking advantage of you.