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[–] 0421008445828ceb46f496700a5fa6@kbin.social 7 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

how much does tidal pay? a quick search showed spotify was only taking 30% in which is in line with steam and apple for digital distribution stuff

https://loudandclear.byspotify.com/#box-2

Nearly 70% of that revenue is paid back as royalties to rights holders

[–] CAPSLOCKFTW@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 year ago

Well, spotify may online take 30% but they funnel.most of the money to their owners, the big record companies.

And 30% is not like the 30% steam takes. If you stream only my songs (yes, I'm on spotify) for a whole months, maybe every day 10 songs that makes 300 streams a month, each for 0.2¢. All in all 60¢. The remaining 6.40$ of the 70% of 10$ go to the most streamed artists you never heard..and these artist only get small cuts from theur labels.