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How are musicians supposed to survive on $0.00173 per stream? (www.theguardian.com)
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[–] KoalaUnknown@lemmy.world 2 points 7 months ago (1 children)

If ads don’t make enough money to pay artists, then Spotify shouldn’t offer a free tier. Don’t support a company that is hurting artists.

[–] General_Effort@lemmy.world 1 points 7 months ago

This is the kind of thinking that usually gets mocked on lemmy.