THE VIDEO SHELF · streaming music economics
Why Spotify Will Ultimately Fail
Benn Jordan argues that Spotify's business model undermines the music it sells, using streaming payout figures and the economics for artists and labels.
Why HN readers recommended it
Commenters recommend it as an artist's informed explanation of streaming economics and why Spotify pays so little compared with alternatives like Bandcamp.
This is a summary from the source dataset, not an endorsement by Hacker News or the video creator.
Video & recommendation details
- Creator / channel
- Benn Jordan
- Topic
- streaming music economics
- Format
- commentary
- Level
- general
- HN recommenders in dataset
- 3
- HN mentions in dataset
- 6
- Recommendation years in dataset
- 2023–2024
These counts and years describe the included Hacker News records; they are not YouTube views or the video’s publication date.
From the original HN conversations
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Benn Jordan, aka The Flashbulb, made a recent video titled: "Why Spotify Will Ultimately Fail" (Because they are screwing artists, on whom they depend to generate streamable content.) As an example, he made 3x on Bandcamp vs Spotify for the same album. [VIDEO]
consumer451 on Hacker News · 2023-01
In Spotify is first music streaming service to surpass 200M paid subscribersThis 17 minute video has a few streaming numbers: [VIDEO] I don't agree with all his predictions and conclusions but you can watch it for the data and see if it applies to your business plans.
jasode on Hacker News · 2023-08
In Ask HN: What are the economics of a streaming based record label?The magic word is "growth". For context, I find this artist's explanation of the situation helpful: [VIDEO]
thomastjeffery on Hacker News · 2023-12
In Spotify cuts almost 1,600 jobs amid rising costs
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