Apple Music is the most buggy and annoying software I use

Re:Apple Music is the most buggy and annoying software I use by dmitriid on Saturday June 04, 2022 @12:22PM (#31622227)

> Comments like this one are a real puzzler to me. Why does it matter that the higher royalty is not out of altruism? It’s money! Money doesn’t care. More money for artists is good. You can’t buy a cheeseburger with altruism.

All the money that streaming services pay out goes to copyright holders. Guess who the copyright holders are. If you say "artists", think again. For the absolute vast majority of music it's the Big Four/Three: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Music_industry#Consolidation

So, when the likes of Spotify pay 60-70% of their revenue to the record labels, and the artists get peanuts... Spotify (and Tidal, and Apple Music, and...) get blamed. Now this is a real puzzler.

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Re:Apple Music is the most buggy and annoying software I use by DangitBobby on Saturday June 04, 2022 @01:40PM (#31623132)

But the artist does get more peanuts if I stream on a service that spends more on royalties per play, yes?

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Re:Apple Music is the most buggy and annoying software I use by 8note on Saturday June 04, 2022 @02:59PM (#31623942)

If they just sold it, then no? They might get more for their next sale, though I imagine the count of streams is more influential for that than the revenue per stream

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Re:Apple Music is the most buggy and annoying software I use by DangitBobby on Saturday June 04, 2022 @06:54PM (#31625914)

> If they just sold it, then no?

Please explain.

> though I imagine the count of streams is more influential for that than the revenue per stream

Whether I listen on Apple or Spotify, their count of streams increases by the same amount.

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Re:Apple Music is the most buggy and annoying software I use by dmitriid on Saturday June 04, 2022 @01:53PM (#31623272)

Until the Big Four renegotiate the agreement, yes.

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