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Re:The day I canceled my Spotify subscription by Kye on Monday February 19, 2024 @08:03AM (#39429309)
The share is determined by contract, not by some fair-minded algorithm. You would have to listen to that artist over 3000 times in a month for them to get $10 at the normal artist's $0.0032/play. Big artists don't see such low figures, though more obviously goes to the system that pays the salaries of the people who get those deals for them.
Re:The day I canceled my Spotify subscription by stdbrouw on Monday February 19, 2024 @09:06AM (#39429853)
Well, sure, but whether an artist gets the full amount or a pittance from their label is not relevant to the question of whether Spotify's pooled numbers are unfair to some artists. The ultimate payout is not something Spotify has a say in.