Post by Ether Diver
This situation is extremely toxic and self destructive to musicians. It is entirely unsustainable and it WILL destroy what's left of the creative industry, until the only music you hear is oldies and AI slop generated by modeling what people liked about those oldies. Nightmare shit.
Your $12-15 payment every month to Spotify disappears into a blackhole and is noticed and appreciated by exactly NO ONE. By contrast, you could spend that same amount today at Bandcamp, OWN three albums because of it, AND make the day of each of those artists.
Seriously, a $5 sale can change a life.
All Spotify offers you is convenience, and while I am not knocking convenience, you are trading a LOT for that convenience. I'm not telling you NOT to use Spotify, I am just saying that can't be where all your music money goes to. It just can't be. Not if you love music!
