4realz@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 11 months agoSpotify doesn't make profit from music streaming, despite having over 400M monthly active users, because it pays two-thirds of all its revenue to the rights holders.open.substack.comexternal-linkmessage-square232fedilinkarrow-up1623arrow-down168
arrow-up1555arrow-down1external-linkSpotify doesn't make profit from music streaming, despite having over 400M monthly active users, because it pays two-thirds of all its revenue to the rights holders.open.substack.com4realz@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 11 months agomessage-square232fedilink
minus-squareczech@low.faux.moelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up15arrow-down7·11 months agoTo be fair- Spotify priced the service that doesn’t make enough profit to pay artists adequately.
minus-square4realz@lemmy.worldOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up18arrow-down5·11 months agoLike the article explains, they can’t price their services too expensively, because of competition. If Spotify becomes $25/month, most users will move to Apple Music or YouTube Music, etc.
To be fair- Spotify priced the service that doesn’t make enough profit to pay artists adequately.
Like the article explains, they can’t price their services too expensively, because of competition. If Spotify becomes $25/month, most users will move to Apple Music or YouTube Music, etc.