Re:Backing Up Spotify
by raw_anon_1111 on Saturday December 20, 2025 @07:53PM
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Spotify pays the rightsholders. What are they supposed to do about the shitty contracts that the artists signs with the labels?
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Re:Backing Up Spotify
by hermanzegerman on Sunday December 21, 2025 @05:20AM
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They don't pay any artist who has less than 1000/Streams per Song per Year.
They also deliberately choose a model which favours big artists, where they split the compensation just by the plays instead of User Centric Payments.
Either way I don't feel bad about the Labels or Spotify.
If I want to support an artist I buy their music, go to a concert or buy merch.
I've had a Spotify Subscription, but that got cancelled as I didn't agree to the recent Price Hike, as I wasn't interested in paying for AudioBooks I don't care about.
Now I'm rolling with YouTubeMusic and I am looking for a less shitty alternative
I am providing my own music on Spotify via a distributor I a pay 50 Euros once.
What do I get from Spotify? Basically nothing! It is not the rightholders as I am the rightholder! Spotify is a scam for artist.