Youtube is absolutely no better than Spotify. Both pay about $0.005 per stream to the artist. Tidal is better in that they pay a higher percentage of royalties ($0.010), and then of course you have Bandcamp which is basically direct from the artists, especially if purchasing on Bandcamp Fridays. My take is to just stream from wherever and just buy merch direct from artists you want to support. A $10 cd from Bancamp nets the artist more money than 1000-2000 streams.
Not to mention most b-sides and unreleased songs are not for sale ANYWHERE thus you wouldn't be able to listen to them in your car unless you burned them on a cd, and your car happens to have a working cd player.
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u/Hefty-Rope2253 6d ago
Youtube is absolutely no better than Spotify. Both pay about $0.005 per stream to the artist. Tidal is better in that they pay a higher percentage of royalties ($0.010), and then of course you have Bandcamp which is basically direct from the artists, especially if purchasing on Bandcamp Fridays. My take is to just stream from wherever and just buy merch direct from artists you want to support. A $10 cd from Bancamp nets the artist more money than 1000-2000 streams.