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The revenue from all users is pooled, and then divided per listen rather than per user/artist etc.
So this'd be like splitting the app store sub revenue by "app launches" or some other bullshit.
Pop junk like Taylor gets a far higher fraction of revenue than they deserve, from teens listening to it non-stop.
Artists that I like get 0% of my cash, even if I listen to nothing but their music.
The system would at least be fair in scope if artists got a share of each users subscription fee, split per listen for the songs they listened to.
That the payments involved are very small and mostly go to middlemen is a separate problem, the whole system is designed to fuck niche artists.
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The revenue from all users is pooled, and then divided per listen rather than per user/artist etc.
So this'd be like splitting the app store sub revenue by "app launches" or some other bullshit.
Pop junk like Taylor gets a far higher fraction of revenue than they deserve, from teens listening to it non-stop.
Artists that I like get 0% of my cash, even if I listen to nothing but their music.
The system would at least be fair in scope if artists got a share of each users subscription fee, split per listen for the songs they listened to.
That the payments involved are very small and mostly go to middlemen is a separate problem, the whole system is designed to fuck niche artists.