▲ 290 ▼ ‘Death to Spotify’: the DIY movement to get artists and fans to quit the music app (www.theguardian.com) submitted 1 year ago by HailSeitan@lemmy.world to c/music@lemmy.world 25 comments fedilink hide all child comments Musicians have long criticized the streaming service’s paltry payouts, but a new wave of boycotts is emerging
[–] nymnympseudonym@piefed.social 13 points 1 year ago (2 children) No but sell me permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] gon@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 1 year ago (1 child) Well, it's an artist co-op. Artists own part of the platform, so they can control how it works and what decisions are made. Instead of being at the whims of some profit-brained tech CEO, the artists vote on what the platform does -- it's a democratic way to control the future of the internet, or, in this particular case, of music streaming, sales, and merch for artists on the internet. I think it's pretty cool, but it's not a thing quite yet. They're aiming to open this year, though. We'll see. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] prex@aussie.zone 5 points 1 year ago The nice thing about this model (band camp, subvert etc) is that they don't have network effects: Just because artists I like are on bandcamp there is no extra 'cost' for me to get that one artist from subvert. That means that artists are not locked into the biggest platform. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] gon@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 1 year ago (1 child) Well, it's an artist co-op. Artists own part of the platform, so they can control how it works and what decisions are made. Instead of being at the whims of some profit-brained tech CEO, the artists vote on what the platform does -- it's a democratic way to control the future of the internet, or, in this particular case, of music streaming, sales, and merch for artists on the internet. I think it's pretty cool, but it's not a thing quite yet. They're aiming to open this year, though. We'll see. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] prex@aussie.zone 5 points 1 year ago The nice thing about this model (band camp, subvert etc) is that they don't have network effects: Just because artists I like are on bandcamp there is no extra 'cost' for me to get that one artist from subvert. That means that artists are not locked into the biggest platform. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] prex@aussie.zone 5 points 1 year ago The nice thing about this model (band camp, subvert etc) is that they don't have network effects: Just because artists I like are on bandcamp there is no extra 'cost' for me to get that one artist from subvert. That means that artists are not locked into the biggest platform. permalink fedilink source parent