NEW YORK—Proudly declaring that they never thought they’d see the day their vision would finally be realized, streaming service Spotify reportedly celebrated Thursday the platform’s 100th dollar given to artists. “When we launched Spotify in 2008, our mission was to reward artists when customers listened to music, and today, we finally reached three figures in artist payouts,” said Spotify CEO Daniel Ek, posing with a giant check for a $0.00000029 payout to Dua Lipa for her song “Break My Heart” that propelled the world’s musicians past a collective $100 in earnings. “This is an absolute milestone for a musician-oriented platform like Spotify, and confirms what we believed when we started, which is that music-streaming platforms can be a reliable way to help bands and artists earn pennies or even nickels for their work. But this achievement is really about the artists on our platform. Spotify couldn’t have done it without you.” To celebrate the occasion, Spotify also reportedly unveiled a new commemorative playlist of its highest-earning artists, with all proceeds from plays going to Spotify.
  • snuffles [he/him,any]
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    4 years ago

    spotify is counterrevolutionary and i swear the day I cancel my premium account i will own y'all so hard with my fuckin purity

      • snuffles [he/him,any]
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        4 years ago

        nah, im gnu all the way down baby - no android under my roof. but im using spotifyd/sptui for the most part because ugh, GUI

          • snuffles [he/him,any]
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            4 years ago

            you have a linux phone?

            been using ubuntu touch on a nexus 5 for a couple of months. recently switched to a nokia n900 + a boomer phone. im just waiting until the pinephone keyboard case comes out then i'll use that with i3 or dwm or w/e

            • SirLotsaLocks [he/him]
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              4 years ago

              hell yeah I'm planning on switching within the next year or two once it matures slightly and more importantly I hopefully have money to spare on a new phone

              • snuffles [he/him,any]
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                4 years ago

                dude get yourself a nexus 5, since google stopped supporting them last year they are dirt cheap. i got mine for like 40€. you can flash it with postmarketOS or Ubuntu Touch. Hardware is actually on par with the pinephone, ubports is even slightly faster on the nexus

                • SirLotsaLocks [he/him]
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                  4 years ago

                  damn I've gotta check that out, I didn't know they got so cheap now!

                  edit: and it runs android kit kat out the box, that will be a wonderful blast to the past before I load up linux.

                  • snuffles [he/him,any]
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                    4 years ago

                    only downside is that it sandboxes bare bones android to talk to the proprietary firmware blobs, this also means that you're stuck on kernel ~3.4

                    • SirLotsaLocks [he/him]
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                      4 years ago

                      why does that mean you're stuck on kernel 3.4? can it not be upgraded?

                      • snuffles [he/him,any]
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                        4 years ago

                        correction, it's 4.* actually. the problem is that the closed source firmware in some hardware components talk directly to the kernel, and they assume the same kernel android uses in kitkat. Android is dogshit with keeping their kernel current, which is one of the reasons it is a security nightmare. (obligatory not an expert, talking out of my ass alert)

      • gay [any]
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        4 years ago

        I swear, when I get in the trackers I want it's over for my three free Spotify accounts that I switch between when my cracked apk wants to make me pay by acting dumb with "failed connection".

      • GVAGUY3 [he/him]
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        4 years ago

        Probably one of the few places I feel I can say you can ethically consume under capitalism. They have a store, but most employees work remote which allows them to cut office rent and expenses. I'm sure there are weird behind the scenes shit that sucks, but Bandcamp purchases have helped my friends a lot this pandemic, even if it is just a round of groceries.

    • Shinji_Ikari [he/him]
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      4 years ago

      at the same time, support your favorite small artists who cant tour right now. Buy some vinyl so you get something to look at along with a download code. Laura Steveson just had a baby and released a re-issue of sit resist.

  • marxisthayaca [he/him,they/them]M
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    4 years ago

    it’s the first Friday of the month and the melon is recommending bands in bandcamp you should give your money too

  • Iminhere3000 [none/use name]
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    4 years ago

    Remembering the 00s when weirdo bands like yellow swans could sell thousands of cdrs and dj screw could build an empire selling mix tapes.