4realz@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year 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-square92fedilinkarrow-up1464arrow-down157
arrow-up1407arrow-down1external-linkSpotify 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.com4realz@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agomessage-square92fedilink
minus-square1371113@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up12arrow-down20·1 year ago 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.
minus-squareJtotheb@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up23arrow-down3·1 year agoYou’ve never heard of someone buying music on iTunes?
minus-square1371113@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 year agoGenuinely, never. It wasn’t that popular in my country.
minus-squaresmall44@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·edit-21 year agoI hear people buying music from Bandcamp everyday
I’m yet to hear a first time, and I remember when mp3s first became a thing.
You’ve never heard of someone buying music on iTunes?
Genuinely, never. It wasn’t that popular in my country.
I hear people buying music from Bandcamp everyday
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