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Apple Music isn't the best streaming music service — it's just the least annoying (www.androidpolice.com)
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Apple Music isn't the best streaming music service — it's just the least annoying::Competitors like Spotify and YouTube Music may be your first choice for music on Android, but you might want to reconsider

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[–] raptir@lemdro.id 19 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

The number you pulled for YouTube Music is based on free users watching YouTube videos. YouTube Music streams from paying subscribers are 4x that at $0.08 per stream.

The Spotify number is also averaged across free and premium users - I'm not sure the number for premium users only but it is likely closer to what Apple and Tidal pay since those are premium-only.

The other problem though is that none of the services have implemented user-centric payments. So your money on any of the services is going to Taylor Swift, Drake and Bad Bunny no matter who you listen to because everyone gets paid based on their percentage of the total streams.