The Rest Is Politics: Leading · Episode
        • ikt@aussie.zone
          2·
          3 个月前

          i don’t get it, what’s wrong with investing in a defence startup while europe is at war with russia?

          Friends don’t let friends use Spotify.

          i proudly support one of the few european tech companies that competes with the american giants

          • DolphinLundgrin@aussie.zone
            1·
            3 个月前

            The CEO using money stolen from artists to fund a war machine that nearly none of the artists would not support doesn’t bother you? No? How about platforming Joe Rogan? No?
            Actively destroying the music industry by making up AI bands, and paying the least to real artists, while being the worst app in every way? No?

            Ok, well you stand by your principles and don’t let morals agrt in the way.

            • ikt@aussie.zone
              11·
              3 个月前

              The CEO using money stolen from artists

              What? the payout ratio on Spotify is 70/30, 70% goes to the artists, 30% goes to Spotify, same as everywhere else, who is having their money stolen?

              to fund a war machine

              Again Europe is currently at war with Russia, I don’t understand how this completely skips your mind, it’s like the second biggest thing impacting the west right now, immigrants and war in Ukraine

              How about platforming Joe Rogan

              Who gives a fuck about joe rogan jesus

              Actively destroying the music industry by making up AI bands

              The AI bands are already there and they’re on every platform

              and paying the least to real artists

              ??

              while being the worst app in every way

              Still works for me? Not sure how it’s the worst?

              well you stand by your principles and don’t let morals agrt in the way

              My morals support artists so I pay for Spotify so that the artists that I listen to get paid money every time I listen to them, also because of my outstanding music taste (no pop music allowed!) I increase the payout for smaller artists as they get a bigger chunk of the pie.

              All that other stuff is either exaggeration (funding a war machine 🙄) or just silly (platforming Joe Rogan… the like most popular podcast in the world… can’t believe they’d want him on the platform)

              • DolphinLundgrin@aussie.zone
                1·
                3 个月前

                Stole this from another user comment. I’ll just leave it here for you, seeing as you’re so keen to pat yourself on the back.

                https://www.soundguys.com/tidal-vs-qobuz-140740/
                Qobuz $0.022
                Napster $0.02
                Tidal $0.013
                Apple Music $0.01
                Deezer $0.0064
                Spotify $0.003 - $0.005
                Amazon Music $0.00402
                SoundCloud $0.0025 - $0.004
                Pandora $0.00133
                YouTube Music $0.00069 - $0.0012
                • ikt@aussie.zone
                  1·
                  3 个月前

                  Spotify has over 678 million monthly users

                  how many billions or even trillions of listens are they doing every month?

                  there’s also nothing stopping you from using Spotify to discover artists then going to concerts and buying vinyl records and merch to support them, hell you can even listen to them on spotify and buy the music on bandcamp if you really want to support them