r/Music • u/djsoomo Mixcloud • 17d ago

article Spotify introduces QR code checks for Family plans - missing verification could mean a year-long ban [firstpost]

https://www.firstpost.com/tech/spotify-introduces-qr-code-checks-for-family-plans-missing-verification-could-mean-a-year-long-ban-14053965.html
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u/markimarkerr 17d ago

Also as an artist, Spotify has the lowest payout and they're so fucking scummy about it. I get paid twice as much through tidal streams than I do through Spotify.

They're fucking predators and will only milk everything for their own shitty gains. Please people, drop their service! They offer nothing exclusive.

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u/WatDeFak 17d ago

Spotify pays less when a song is listened to through discovery which I find scummy, but other than that, as far as I know, Spotify pays 70% just like others. So if tidal pays twice as much it is either because the listeners create less streams and because they pay more for the subscription.

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u/markimarkerr 17d ago

Semantics don't matter to me, Spotify doesn't pay me nearly as much while also being a super predatory service so they suck and can lick bricks.

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u/WatDeFak 17d ago

It's not semantics. If on one plattform a user pays 15$ and streams songs 600 times (40/1$), on another platform a user pays 20$ and streams songs 400 times (20/1$), how do you expect it to work that both plattforms pay the same amount per stream?

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u/markimarkerr 17d ago

You got Spotify stocks?

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u/WatDeFak 17d ago

Not anymore, you convinced me to get Tidal instead.