william.maggos<p><a href="https://liberal.city/tags/Spotify" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Spotify</span></a> uses a business model that favors the most popular artists over lesser known independents and it's only going to get worse. We need a decentralized Bandcamp/Spotify alternative but until that happens, we need to demand that the most streamed musicians like <a href="https://liberal.city/tags/TaylorSwift" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TaylorSwift</span></a> <a href="https://liberal.city/tags/EdSheeran" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EdSheeran</span></a> <a href="https://liberal.city/tags/BadBunny" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BadBunny</span></a> <a href="https://liberal.city/tags/Drake" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Drake</span></a> etc join the <a href="https://liberal.city/tags/BrokenRecord" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BrokenRecord</span></a> movement to at least make the payout structure more fair.<br><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/nov/30/spotify-smaller-artists-wrapped-indie-musicians" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">theguardian.com/commentisfree/</span><span class="invisible">2023/nov/30/spotify-smaller-artists-wrapped-indie-musicians</span></a></p>