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0 pointsscarface745y ago0 comments

So can we also regulate Spotify for taking a much larger cut from artists? Spotify has a much larger share in streaming music than Apple has in phones.

Also. I can’t sign up for a Netflix subscription on my Roku either.

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avianlyric5y ago· 2 in thread

Spotify isn’t using their market dominance in another industry to squeeze either artists or competitors.

Nothing is stopping another streaming service from offering a bigger cut to artists (indeed Tide purports to do exactly this).

If Spotify started pushing artist contracts that prevented artists from getting a better deal else where, then they should be regulated. But they don’t, and there’s plenty of artists that don’t sell on Spotify because they don’t like the deal they offer.

scarface74OP5y ago

Spotify isn’t using their market dominance in streaming to give artist a pittance?

Nothing is stopping another streaming service from offering a bigger cut to artists (indeed Tide purports to do exactly this).

A bigger cut of a tiny pie? In the same vein nothing is stopping app developers from ignoring iOS or users from buying iPhones, using Google, FaceBook, or Amazon.

avianlyric5y ago

> Spotify isn’t using their market dominance in streaming to give artist a pittance?

What evidence do you have back this up? There’s every suggestion that Spotify are struggling to defend themselves against artists who demand bigger payments.

Additionally there’s every suggestion that Apple Music now have a larger portion of the market than Spotify, and if it hasn’t happened yet, it will soon.

All of that is ignoring other competitors like Google Music (or YouTube, wherever they’re calling it today) and Amazon Music.

Simply put, your assertion fails on multiple fronts.

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