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0 pointsnewsbinator4y ago0 comments

Unpopular opinion: I get a lot more value from the output of Spotify's owners than I get from billions of musicians.

I only listen to hundreds of musicians and Spotify gives me those hundreds for $15/mo.

Those hundreds change by 10% ~ 30% every month into other hundreds.

I don't feel any ethical need to compensate musicians I don't listen to. And the ones I do listen to I don't feel strongly enough attached to to pay more than $15/mo for recurring access.

There are perhaps 10 whose permanent media I would buy and replay, if they left Spotify.

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CPLX4y ago

> I get a lot more value from the output of Spotify's owners than I get from billions of musicians.

I bet you don't. Since without the musicians there's no music, and without Spotify there's Apple Music, CD's, Napster, and so on and so forth.

The degree to which people attempt to ignore the value of recorded music from a financial standpoint always bothers me. It's one of the most enduring and useful things that makes people happy in the history of civilization. It's important to nearly all people in all cultures on earth, and unites and inspires us.

The largest peaceful gatherings of human beings that have ever happened, and ever happen, are people getting together to hear music performed.

So I disagree. I think you aren't actually allocating the value of music creation vs music distribution correctly,

newsbinatorOP4y ago

I don't listen to billions of musicians: I listen to hundreds of musicians. I don't go to concerts or see live music performed.

Spotify's owners have made it easy for me to listen to those hundreds I like. I don't get any value at all from the creation of those billions I don't listen to. I get daily value from the creation of Spotify's owners.

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