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Why should we? You can do that if that's what you want. I prefer using Spotify because I can listen new and random artists without knowing their names and expli
by santialbo 5y ago
Why should we? You can do that if that's what you want. I prefer using Spotify because I can listen new and random artists without knowing their names and explicitly buying their music. Spotify provides me with a service I'm happy to pay for and I'm happy they take a cut from.
- hamburglar 5y agoWell for one, if Spotify ends up being the only way musicians get paid, the pool of new and interesting artists is going to end up way, way smaller. I actively try to help independent artists succeed by giving them money directly, even though it ends up being somewhat inconvenient to me. Even the biggest-name independent musicians talk about how laughably little money they make from Spotify streaming compared to actually selling albums and tracks. For another, pure streaming means you're locked into the streaming service's player, having internet access, and having a device you can run a client on. Just having the audio files is vastly preferable to me.