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Spotify will now let free users pick and play tracks | TechCrunch (techcrunch.com)
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[–] 7 points 1 year ago (10 children)

Who is any better? Literally all are paying pennies to the artist per stream.

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  • [–] 16 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    Tidal pays more than 3x what Spotify pays. Qobuz pays like 5-6x.

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  • [–] 3 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    Although better, still very little in comparison to bandcamp

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  • [–] 7 points 1 year ago*

    Sure, that's true, though if you allow streams on Bandcamp, those pay $0, so in terms of "try before you buy", any streaming service is better. It's only if you actually sell an album on band camp (or AmpWall, a smaller indie service that does a lot of the same stuff) that you'd get paid, as an artist.

    I say this as a musician who has put out several albums both independently and with a label.

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  • [–] 5 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    Tidal doesn't host far-right mouthpieces, offers much higher quality streams, and pays the artists far, far more per play.

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