Reminder you can use apps like spotube to stream music for free without giving Spotify a cent.
You can also use those savings to go to local shows, although going to one show a year is likely giving more to artists than streaming will.
this post was submitted on 27 Mar 2026
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Not defending streaming platforms, but this completely ignores infra costs.
Why would include infra costs when I'm not using Spotify to play the music?
Where did you get this screenshot from? I wanna see how much a platform would have paid my artists
I got this from spotube it has a stats tab.