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RE: mastodon.social/@jonhicks/1156…
I know #Tidal isn't perfect (and buying physical media or band merch is better, but hey, that is situational, I will only buy an album after I already like it), but this sort of thing makes me feel vindicated in choosing not to use #Spotify.
“If everyone who streamed All Hell on Spotify had done so using Tidal instead, we would have received an extra £31,847.38, which would double the amount we made from streaming of the album in this time period. Or if everyone used Apple Music it would have been £12,331 more.”Los Campesinos! break down streaming royalties. In other news, Fuck Spotify.
loscampesinos.com/heres-how-mu…
Not familiar with #Tidal, so I looked them up and quickly learned that:
Tidal is majority-owned by Block (formerly Square), which is owned by Jack Dorsey (formerly Twitter) and Jim McKelvey.
A couple of billionaires that just cut more than 10% of their staff too.
fortune.com/2023/12/06/jack-do…
Jack Dorsey’s Tidal music to cut 10% of jobs in just the latest round of layoffs in the streaming music industry
The firings follow similar cuts at streaming leader Spotify, which said this week it’s reducing staff by 17%.Ashley Carman (Fortune)
