just to be sure - are you referring to the musicians as millionaires or do you mean the streaming service ceos? just wanted to check because i know a few musicians and none of them are millionaires, seems like they are doing something wrong… 😐
To be fair depends on what you listen to on spotify. If you listen to major mainstream names, well yeah. Millionaires. If youre listening to smaller bands then the compensation model of spotify is shit and you can probably give them more direct compensation by going to a concert, buying some merch, and maybe directly buying music from them.
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just to be sure - are you referring to the musicians as millionaires or do you mean the streaming service ceos? just wanted to check because i know a few musicians and none of them are millionaires, seems like they are doing something wrong… 😐
Common pirate mentality: anyone who has something I want doesn’t deserve to have it.
My personal pirate mentality: Sharing is caring.
And I’m sure you are providing a home, shelter, and pay for every artist who chooses to share work rather than sell it.
My mentality is pirate what you can’t afford
Well, yes
I’m shocked we haven’t seen “it’s not stealing” 🤣
To be fair depends on what you listen to on spotify. If you listen to major mainstream names, well yeah. Millionaires. If youre listening to smaller bands then the compensation model of spotify is shit and you can probably give them more direct compensation by going to a concert, buying some merch, and maybe directly buying music from them.
Yeah, all my musician friends must love keeping a low profile I guess