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-square183fedilinkarrow-up1598arrow-down167
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minus-squareroofuskit@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up34arrow-down13·11 months agoIf you want to support an artist pirate their music and see them in concert.
minus-squareKecessa@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up38·11 months agoNice try ticket Master!
minus-squaresmall44@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up16·11 months agoSome artists that people like may never come to their city
minus-squareKecessa@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11arrow-down2·edit-211 months agoBuy merch
minus-squaresmall44@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·11 months agoIt’s rare for me to find merch worth buying, I prefer buying the music.
minus-squareKecessa@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·11 months agoMaybe buying it directly from their website might be the better option in this case? 🤔
minus-squaresmall44@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·11 months agoIt’s about the effort artists make for merch, I don’t want to buy a t-shirt with a simplistic design or just a sentence on it
minus-squareKecessa@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·11 months agoI meant buying the CD/music on their website
minus-squareglitch1985@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11·11 months agoUnless it’s a ticketmaster concert because fuck them.
minus-squareCopernican@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·edit-211 months agoLol. Yes, ticket service fees, venue fees, and reseller makerts is totally the best way to support an artist, especially if you live no where near a tour location.
If you want to support an artist pirate their music and see them in concert.
Nice try ticket Master!
Some artists that people like may never come to their city
Buy merch
It’s rare for me to find merch worth buying, I prefer buying the music.
Maybe buying it directly from their website might be the better option in this case? 🤔
It’s about the effort artists make for merch, I don’t want to buy a t-shirt with a simplistic design or just a sentence on it
I meant buying the CD/music on their website
Unless it’s a ticketmaster concert because fuck them.
Lol. Yes, ticket service fees, venue fees, and reseller makerts is totally the best way to support an artist, especially if you live no where near a tour location.
“Support”