Recent news revealed that Spotify’s CEO Daniel Ek has been investing heavily in military tech companies, which adds another ethical layer to a platform already criticized for how little it pays musicians !
Spotify only pays artists about $3–5 per 1,000 streams, using a pro-rata model that directs most money toward major stars… By contrast, Qobuz (≈$18–20 per 1,000 streams) and Tidal (≈$12–13) pay far more fairly!
However Tidal is far from ethical. Most of its revenue is controlled by private investors and founders and small artists still earn very little…
More fair-minded platforms like Bandcamp, Resonate, Ampled, or SoundCloud’s fan-powered royalties prioritize musicians over investors.
With these more ethical alternatives available, why do we keep using Spotify?
30p87@feddit.org 2 weeks ago
Pirate and pay creators directly.
Pirating is the objectively best, most private and future proof user experience you’re gonna get.
Mihies@programming.dev 2 weeks ago
How does that even work?
30p87@feddit.org 2 weeks ago
Contact them, ask for ways to donate.
ober@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 weeks ago
Personally I do this by buying merch. If I buy a shirt from a band than not only do I get a cool shirt but the band also gets paid more in that single transaction than if I listened to their music 5000 times on spotify.
_vote@lemmy.ca 2 weeks ago
That just sounds like buying CDs but without the offline backup and booklet