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Why Spotify Will Ultimately Fail

Benn Jordan · commentary · Watch on YouTube

Tech industry & business modelsMusic performance & songs

What it is

Benn Jordan argues that Spotify's business model undermines the music it sells, using streaming payout figures and the economics for artists and labels.

Why Hacker News recommends it

Commenters recommend it as an artist's informed explanation of streaming economics and why Spotify pays so little compared with alternatives like Bandcamp.

  • 3 people recommended it
  • 3 different months
  • 0 strong recommendations
  • first 2023, last 2024

What HN commenters said

  1. “As an example, he made 3x on Bandcamp vs Spotify for the same album.”

    Artist explains how Spotify underpays artists versus Bandcamp

    consumer451, 2023-01 · Recommendation · in “Spotify is first music streaming service to surpass 200M paid subscribers”

  2. “you can watch it for the data and see if it applies to your business plans.”

    Has streaming numbers useful for business planning

    jasode, 2023-08 · Recommendation · in “Ask HN: What are the economics of a streaming based record label?”

  3. “I find this artist's explanation of the situation helpful”

    Helpful artist explanation of Spotify's situation

    thomastjeffery, 2023-12 · Recommendation · in “Spotify cuts almost 1,600 jobs amid rising costs”

Excerpts from Hacker News comments, linked to the originals. Summaries and labels were written by a language model from those comments.

Topics: spotify, music industry, artist payouts, bandcamp, streaming

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