4realz@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 7 months 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-square200fedilinkarrow-up1525arrow-down157
arrow-up1468arrow-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 · 7 months agomessage-square200fedilink
minus-square1371113@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11arrow-down19·7 months 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-up28arrow-down3·7 months agoYou’ve never heard of someone buying music on iTunes?
minus-square1371113@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·7 months agoGenuinely, never. It wasn’t that popular in my country.
minus-squaresmall44@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·7 months agoI hear people vuying 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 vuying music from Bandcamp everyday
Yarrrrrr
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