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[โ€“] [email protected] 2 points 11 months ago (1 children)

But it's based almost entirely on actually streams. So they only get the majority of royalties because they get the majority of streams.

[โ€“] [email protected] 2 points 11 months ago

Which is mostly due to Spotify's playlist and algorithms. Which fall victim to the positive feedback loop issue. Those popular artists are suggested, promoted, and played more frequently so more people hear them and thus play them more. It's not a level playing ground. It's a self generating walled garden of artists.