[wehadfun]

I plan to switch to Tidal. They pay artist the most. Only the top, top artist are making money on Spotify. I like to listen to indie/small label bands. I don't buy albums, go to concerts. Tidal seems to be the best way to support these artist.

[exolymph]

Bandcamp is the best way to support indie/small label bands. Buy their albums with actual dollars, then stream them.

[svnsets]

Anyone can make money on Spotify, and Tidal is owned by the "top, top artist"s. Spotify payouts are based on the number of streams, so obviously smaller artists will have less streams and thus get paid less. The same goes for any other music distribution platform including physical record sales. Also, artists are more likely to gain exposure on Spotify as their curated playlists and artist playlists allow bigger artists or Spotify's curators to give smaller artists exposure through their playlists. The discover algorithm does a great job of exposing me to small and new artists that I wouldn't have found without it.

I've tried Tidal, Apple Music, Google Music, Prime Music, Rdio (when that was a thing) and have always gone back to Spotify because the put a lot more effort into getting smaller/newer artists records in front of users.

[adamm255]

This all day long. Spotify is the subscription I resent the least. I can find so many new bands as well as listen to the established ones in one app.

Mainly, music discovery is key. Someone says “have you heard X?” And I can be listening to the top 5 in less than a few seconds.

[andrewguenther]

Who reads a story accusing a platform of spoofing streams and funneling royalties to top artists and thinks "Yeah, this is where I want to be"?

[rconti]

I'm sorry, but this reads like astroturfing. I don't think it is, but it 100% feels that way.

And, from what I can see, Tidal is a service owned by phenomenally rich artists who have been the best compensated by the existing record label structure (at the expense of indie artists), trying to throw their weight around and maintain their power in streaming as well. While fraudulently depriving other artists of revenue from Tidal, if this article is correct.

[jacquesm]

> I'm sorry, but this reads like astroturfing.

Without concrete evidence you should not make such claims.

[wehadfun]

Astroturfing accusation? Really? People profess their love or hate for things all the time. There is a comment below talking about how great Spotify is are you going to accuse it of Astroturfing as well?

Anyway if you simply Google which streaming platforms pay artist the most Tidal tops the list all the time.

[JumpCrisscross]

> They pay artist the most

Do you have a source for this?

[wehadfun]

A simple Google search would have quickly gotten you your source:

https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2017/07/24/what-streaming-m...

[InitialLastName]

"well, they pay me more than the others to comment about them on the internet"