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How are musicians supposed to survive on $0.00173 per stream? (www.theguardian.com)

submitted 7 months ago by floofloof@lemmy.ca to c/music@lemmy.world

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[-] KoalaUnknown@lemmy.world 17 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

This is why more people need to move away from Spotify. They pay artists way too little.

[-] General_Effort@lemmy.world 5 points 7 months ago

That figure is potentially misleading. You want to know how much of your subscription or ad revenue is paid out. The per stream royalty is diluted by non-paying users, or by users paying lower rates (in poorer countries, etc). If you move your subscription to a service that pays out a lower share, then you pay musicians less, even if the average payout per stream is higher.