• SaraTonin@lemmy.world
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    12 hours ago

    Live shows and merch have been the way artists make money since before streaming was a thing

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      5 hours ago

      Yeah, except now we would have the capacity to give money directly to artists. Platforms like shittyfy have shown people are willing to pay a couple of bucks a months to get access to music, we need to redirect the money to the artists and not some greedy ceo. Bandcamp is a start, we can do better.

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        2 hours ago

        What I’m saying is that record sales have been unprofitable for artists for a long time, so Spotify hasn’t really moved the needle on that point