r/Music • u/imatmydesknow Concertgoer • 6d ago

music Slipknot enters Spotify's 1 Billion streams club with "Duality"

https://lambgoat.com/news/49390/slipknot-enters-spotifys-1-billion-streams-club-with-duality/
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u/Luppien 6d ago

People are big on Spotify hate recently, but even with their lower rates this rakes in a clean 3 to 5 million dollars. It's not all terrible, but it would be more at another service.

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u/pzanardi 6d ago

Are you happy with Spotify?

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u/BackgroundPresence60 6d ago

Yes. I own the albums and listen to them on Spotify. They get 0 revenue when I listen from my albums and some minor amount from when I do so on Spotify. 

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u/pzanardi 6d ago

Happy you're happy! I'm upset with them mostly because of their investment in Helsing. The artists I enjoy sell their albums directly or through their labels nowadays, so I like to do that. I know a lot of acts prefer you buy their stuff on Bandcamp or directly too.

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u/BackgroundPresence60 6d ago

I use Spotify as my method of listening even to things I already own. It might be greedy in some practices but it introduced me to more bands and albums than anything else ever did. And I certainly support those bands as best I can outside of Spotify. 

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u/pzanardi 5d ago

I’m always hopeful for record stores to come back, thats a great way to discover music too! I’m lucky to be in a bigger city and have lots of music around. I used to surf mIRC radio chats for songs. I would recommend checking bandcamp! Same ease as Spotify, but money doesnt go to wars or deadly weaponry, yet!

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u/masterspeler 4d ago

Spotify hasn't invested in Helsing, so if that's your main concern feel free to stop being upset with them.

Daniel Ek, CEO and founder of Spotify, owns the investment Prima Materia company that has invested in Helsing. That's not the same thing as Spotify investing in them.

And I really don't understand the hate for them, I think it's good to support European defense companies considering what Russia is doing and seeing that the US explicitly has asked Europe to take a more active roll in our own defense.

Helsing was set up to build AI to serve our democracies and play a part in protecting them from harm. We share Helsing’s conviction that liberal democratic values are worth defending and that artificial intelligence will be an essential capability to keep us safe. The software gathers data from multiple sensors on vehicles and systems to help humans process complex and diverse information more reliably and act quickly.

Oh no, how terrible! Must change music streaming service immediately!

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u/pzanardi 4d ago

I’m sorry you’re upset I can make my own choices mate! Cheers.

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u/masterspeler 4d ago

You're the one who said you were upset, not me. I merely corrected your misunderstanding of the situation. Saying that Spotify has invested in Helsing is demonstrably false, but I really don't care if you make your choices on misunderstandings or lies. I'm sure they're all great choices backed by lots of research.

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u/pzanardi 4d ago

I appreciate you taking the time for it, have a good one.