as per

if you were regularly buying digital albums that'd be roughly the same deal. old-time music nerds were the s*** because they actually put their money where their mouth is and had stacks on stacks of records that they actually paid for

Being able to listen to pretty much every piece of music ever put out for $10/month is probably one of the best deals ever

I can still listen to whatever I want for f***ing free either way. & even if they raise the price, how much would go back to the artist? I doubt much at all

30 a month to listen to unlimited amount of music of entire human history

that sounds expensive to you? in current economy?

Oh nevermind you're actually too stupid to have this conversation

you peppa pig p**** ass b****. we putting on for corporate profits itt I guess. CFO gang 4L

Yeah but they owned the music forever when they spent that much

Yes when they’re not really offering the option to own the music outright? It’s renting music with the justification of it being access to “all the albums ever” that one probably never will actually listen to

in addition, one streaming service that is known for fair payouts is Tidal and their subs are actually $30/mo and noone uses that thing

In a cost of living crisis the answer is not make people struggle more to afford something that enriches peoples lives like music by raising the price, music (and all art for that matter) deserves more respect and it being easily accessible is vitally important for society

so the price point is not a problem and is accessible for most people but fundamentally the whole system it's built upon is a problem, artists should be paid more across the board and everybody should be able to afford to live

They’ve gotten people lol

any way you slice it as long as you're renting you're not owning regardless if you pay 10 or 30. thats the nature of this arrangement

Which is why that’s the root problem and increasing prices isn’t really the answer to them not being profitable imo

Niggas is green pilled

Tell these niggas

oh yeah rent seeking is cancer, we're on the same page here. I think op says that in principle that should be 30/mo. ngl I kinda prefer that too. I could be on tidal if I believed it that much but its not very convenient for what I do with my music

I feel like if people go down that line of thinking they might end up super upset with their way of life

that's what you get for giving bill f***ing simmons all that money lmao along with all their other terrible podcast investments

Listen to this guy man, "CEO Danile Ek told investors during an April earnings call that the true value of podcasts for the company is in engaging users and driving them to listen to more music, the driver behind more than $700 million in licensing deals and podcast-related acquisitions he’s made in the past 16 months"

I can only imagine the amount of people who download spotfiy just to listen to bill simmons drone off about the celtikkks for and hour while his d***-less,bootlicker, certified fat f*** co-host russillio cheers on. It's probably like 11. And they all listen too uninterrupted white noise. For recovery

I mean the only thing Spotify should be is a streaming search engine as well as a player. All that other s*** they be trying to do is crazy and what’s crazier is WE pay THEM and they are fumbling OUR money. I say get a streaming service that is doing the exact opposite of that lol.

Yeah man I absolutely hate the company, that’s brought me the ability to listen to more than 50 million songs whenever I want and has me helped discover hundreds of amazing artists for the price of a measly 10 bucks a month, now cus of this thread

I really wish I paid more for my music streaming service

your wrapped better be 50 mil songs listened and not twelve hours of fatd and wlr

streaming really has zero winners

My dad swears the job market is fine

I swear boomers are insufferable