Originally Posted by innerspaceboy

Spotify and other streaming services are inherently flawed systems as rights litigation results in an infinitesimal percentage of recorded music being actualy accessible to consumers via these services. It cripples the breadth and depth of cultural awareness, reducing it to a small fraction of licensable popular song.

It is equally misguided to think that such a service benefits the artists. Studies demonstrate that the majority of artists compensated by streaming services earn far less than minimum wage from their play count.

And streaming without actual ownership of media is dangerous to the public good. It conditions communities to be satisfied with paying for content that they never actually possess. This entrusts access to cultural works entirely to the whims of gatekeeper corporations which is never good for the artists or for their listeners.

Those who think that streaming is the solution for media consumption in the digital age are sorely mistaken.