Spotify used to seem like a necessary evil for musicians. Now it just seems evil (theguardian.com)

> I don’t want my songs – some written with survivors of conflict – to enrich people who fund weapons

I pray for his own health that he never finds out where his income tax goes...

> I don’t want my songs – some written with survivors of conflict – to enrich people who fund weapons

Says the man whose comfortable existence is entirely predicated on advanced weaponry wielded on his behalf.

Setting aside spotify, this is the philosophy of an child

Who is this? The article doesn't say who wrote it. I have no idea who the picture is. Literally who?

.003$ per stream(before other publishing costs) users pay $150 +- year 275 million users 16 billion € a year net no breakdown on how much of the "70% goes to artists" is actualy record labels, and not actualy artists. looks like crazy long odds for an artist to ever earn enough for one meal, and making a living would be litteraly the same odds as a lottery ticket