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So instead of having the artists make the small per stream income, you suggest they get $0? Buying their releases/merch/tickets is irrelevant to the platform. If anything, the model of these streaming platforms is just further shifting to advertisement for artists to drive people to shows.

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IchNichtenLichten@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

you suggest they get $0?

They make more from what I suggested than they do from Spotify.

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- jumjummy@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago
  Of course they do, but those suggested options are the same for Spotify users too. I’m not seeing the connection here unless you’re saying Spotify users are less likely to buy merch or tickets. Pirate what you want, but trying to spin the argument this way is just disingenuous.
  
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  - IchNichtenLichten@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago
    
    Pirate what you want, but trying to spin the argument this way is just disingenuous.
    
    I’m not following you. Spotify is notorious for paying out very little to artists, so therefore they don’t deserve my business, fuck 'em.
    
    Instead I like to support the artists directly.
    
    As to your second point, I’ve never had a problem discovering new music.
    
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    jumjummy@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago
    My point is people saying “Spotify doesn’t pay artists enough so just pirate everything” is disingenuous. Nothing about paying for a platform (Spotify, TIDAL, Apple, YouTube, etc.) precludes you from supporting artists through other means as well.
    
    The second point didn’t imply that this is the o ly way to discover music, but it absolutely is an avenue where many people discover new artists.
    
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