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How are musicians supposed to survive on $0.00173 per stream? (www.theguardian.com)
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[–] mechoman444@lemmy.world 2 points 10 months ago

They don't need money to survive, they just need exposure which is what Spotify provides them. Musicians can survive indefinitely on nothing but praise cocaine and exposure.

/J