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by jbverschoor 944 days ago
Can we please stop the lies about Spotify being the goodie two shoes of royalties? The information is false. Apple pays a LOT more to artists.
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They both pay approximately the same for premium subscribers, and Apple's trial period pays approximately the same as Spotify's ad supported model. They're both trying to drive premium subscriptions, which make both them and rightsholders more money, but using different strategies to get there