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Lily Allen Makes More Money from OnlyFans Than Spotify (consequence.net)

submitted 4 weeks ago by ByteOnBikes to c/nottheonion@lemmy.world

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[–] FlashMobOfOne@lemmy.world 1 points 4 weeks ago* (last edited 4 weeks ago) (2 children)

There are none.

All of the services steal from artists, so I'd recommend ripping MP3 tracks from Youtube. There are several tools online for this purpose. Yes, the artist gets nothing, but the more important thing is the services stealing from the artists don't get anything either.

Do this and then compensate the artist in other ways. Buy music directly from them if you can, or buy their merch, or something of that ilk.

[–] dan@upvote.au 3 points 4 weeks ago

I'd recommend ripping MP3 tracks

This is how you end up with a library of very low quality tracks. YouTube's compression isn't great.

Yes, the artist gets nothing, but the more important thing is the services stealing from the artists don't get anything either.

Why do you feel that YouTube is different to those other services? Does YouTube pay more per view than Spotify pays per listen?

[–] lud@lemm.ee 1 points 4 weeks ago (1 children)

I doubt the artists agree with your take.

[–] FlashMobOfOne@lemmy.world 0 points 4 weeks ago* (last edited 4 weeks ago) (1 children)

Totally, man.

I'm sure they miss the two bucks a year they get off Spotify more than they like the $25 they get for a t-shirt from me.

The thief is Daniel Ek, and no one knows that better than recording artists.

[–] lud@lemm.ee 3 points 4 weeks ago

If you really do that with every artist you listen to then sure.