@4realz@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish • 1 year agoSpotify doesn't make profit from music streaming, despite having over 400M monthly active users, because it pays two-thirds of all its revenue to the rights holders.open.substack.comexternal-linkmessage-square280fedilinkarrow-up1624arrow-down169
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minus-squareBleeping LobsterlinkfedilinkEnglish4•edit-21 year agoSpotify iirc pays $0.003 per stream, so for 80m streams he’s got $24,000. If he’s got less than that then he should be directing ire at his label or publisher.
minus-square@scottywh@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglish4•1 year agoYour math is correct. Weird Al was exaggerating to make a joke and a point.
Spotify iirc pays $0.003 per stream, so for 80m streams he’s got $24,000.
If he’s got less than that then he should be directing ire at his label or publisher.
Your math is correct.
Weird Al was exaggerating to make a joke and a point.