Comment on YSK: Deezer, the music streaming service, is owned by a company whose Founder and CEO is a Russian Oligarch with connections to the Kremlin and donates to the American Republican party.

SethTaylor@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

• Squizzy@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  Tidal is ok, its american though and they suck.

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• the_q@lemmy.zip ⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  Oh no what will Taylor Swift do? Pirating from someone with $30 versus $2 billion are 2 very different things, bud. Plus non megastar artists typically make more of their money from things like performances and merch these days.

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  • queueBenSis@sh.itjust.works ⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    the megastars aren’t the ones we care about making money, they’re fine. it’s the 99% of the rest of the artists that either get screwed by the labels or are independent and rely on fan support

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  • gerryflap@feddit.nl ⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    Well if you only listen to Taylor Swift then that’s valid, but most people have a more diverse music taste so for them this doesn’t apply. The artists I personally listen to (and the labels they’re signed to) are often relatively small and genuine, and to them every bit of income is appreciated. Obviously merch, shows, and direct music sales help more, but getting paid more by streaming services sure would help a great deal as well.

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