Re:An odd discovery on Spotify
by winternett on Tuesday August 23, 2022 @01:57AM
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I think I came across a YouTube video a while back that said even the platform was sponsoring fake artist accounts to recoup/claim streaming royalty payments.
After years of grinding to break ground on spotify and seeing the names they promote taking the lion share of revenue it becomes very apparent that it's a cash grab that just can't be trusted. There are literally dozens of other sites that do the exact same schemes and only pay out a fraction of the revenue they rake in for doing little to nothing for artist and music discovery.
The social Internet just seems more scammy than ever, and that's why I keep most of my music work offline until it gets worked into a project. Eventually there will be a correction hopefully, but the vast amount of free/unrewarded work that is being hustled out of people from these sites is not sustainable, and eventually it will turn into a content creator drought/strike if it goes unchecked too long.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pCAPll9A5F8
After years of grinding to break ground on spotify and seeing the names they promote taking the lion share of revenue it becomes very apparent that it's a cash grab that just can't be trusted. There are literally dozens of other sites that do the exact same schemes and only pay out a fraction of the revenue they rake in for doing little to nothing for artist and music discovery.
The social Internet just seems more scammy than ever, and that's why I keep most of my music work offline until it gets worked into a project. Eventually there will be a correction hopefully, but the vast amount of free/unrewarded work that is being hustled out of people from these sites is not sustainable, and eventually it will turn into a content creator drought/strike if it goes unchecked too long.