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Re:Spotify's Beta Used 'Pirate' MP3 Files, Some from Pirate Bay by madeofpalk on Friday February 28, 2025 @10:15AM (#43206521)
How could Spotify align with artists?
Re:Spotify's Beta Used 'Pirate' MP3 Files, Some from Pirate Bay by tartoran on Friday February 28, 2025 @10:50AM (#43206986)
Spotify isn't a charity, it's there to rip off artists as well as the users calling it a service.
Re:Spotify's Beta Used 'Pirate' MP3 Files, Some from Pirate Bay by Hasu on Friday February 28, 2025 @10:55AM (#43207045)
You ask this as if there are no competing companies that are more aligned with artists.

Tidal pays them more.

Bandcamp pays them even more and lets them run their own storefront.

Re:Spotify's Beta Used 'Pirate' MP3 Files, Some from Pirate Bay by rglullis on Friday February 28, 2025 @10:23AM (#43206595)
Make it a music locker service with a small subscription price and have an addon where 100% of the revenue goes to a pool of artists that make their catalog available there.
Re:Spotify's Beta Used 'Pirate' MP3 Files, Some from Pirate Bay by Yeul on Friday February 28, 2025 @12:34PM (#43208208)
Who cares about the artists? Spotify has to pay the music labels. If they are happy nothing else matters.

Not Spotify's fault that artists sign bad deals.