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4realz@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 years ago

Spotify 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.

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Spotify 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.

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4realz@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 years ago
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Why Spotify Struggles to Make Money from Music Streaming
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Despite being the king of music streaming, Spotify is struggling financially, but why?
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    When’s the last time you heard of anyone buying an individual song / album on iTunes?

    I’m yet to hear a first time, and I remember when mp3s first became a thing.

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      You’ve never heard of someone buying music on iTunes?

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        Genuinely, never. It wasn’t that popular in my country.

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      I hear people buying music from Bandcamp everyday

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      Yarrrrrr

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        This is the way

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