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Spotify is going to break every Car Thing gadget it ever sold (www.theverge.com)

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[–] sentient_loom@sh.itjust.works 2 points 2 years ago (2 children)

It's cheaper because the band doesn't get paid as much. The streaming service keeps most of the meager pay.

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[–] PseudorandomNoise@lemmy.world 0 points 2 years ago

People make up for it by buying merch or going to shows. Margins on those things are much better for the artists.

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[–] morrowind@lemmy.ml -1 points 2 years ago

In every service I know of, the platform takes a minority of revenue

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