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Why Spotify Will Ultimately Fail

Benn Jordan · 859.8K views · 2023-01-09 · 17:19

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Overview

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

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

Recommended by 3 HN people across 3 months · HN mentions 2023–2024

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Tech industry & business modelsMusic performance & songs
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What people said

thomastjeffery · 2023-12 · Recommendation

The magic word is "growth". For context, I find this artist's explanation of the situation helpful: [VIDEO]

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jasode · 2023-08 · Recommendation

This 17 minute video has a few streaming numbers: [VIDEO] I don't agree with all his predictions and conclusions but you can watch it for the data and see if it applies to your business plans.

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consumer451 · 2023-01 · Recommendation

Benn Jordan, aka The Flashbulb, made a recent video titled: "Why Spotify Will Ultimately Fail" (Because they are screwing artists, on whom they depend to generate streamable content.) As an example, he made 3x on Bandcamp vs Spotify for the same album. [VIDEO]

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