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> Spotify basically killed any money coming from the physical distribution - Worse than piracy, which was inevitable too at the time, but at least you didn't have to pay your lawyers to renegotiate with your label on top of NOT getting any money.

It’s even worse than you say — it was murder on digital retail too, right at the time when it was on track to compete with or exceed old physical sales.

Spotify adopted the economics of piracy and stamped them with the false veneer of legitimacy.

parent wwweston 3 years ago

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