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by circlefavshape 684 days ago
Yes, but this argument isn't based on how people actually listen to music.

It's really unclear whether an artist-centric model would make any real difference to artists - under an artist-centric model the more an individual user streams the less the artists get per stream, so if you have a small number of fans who listen to you a LOT the artist-centric model means you get less money