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umami_wasabi to [email protected]English • 2 years ago

Google admits Spotify pays no Play Store fees because of a secret deal | TechCrunch

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umami_wasabi to [email protected]English • 2 years ago
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Google during a testimony in the Epic vs Google trial said that a deal with Spotify allows the audio company to completely bypass Play Store fees.
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    Just because you liked that in 2000 doesn’t mean that two decades later, it’s still ideal.

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      It’s pretty much one of the only ways to make sure the artist gets a half decent cut though.

      Unless you want to use bandcamp, which is much easier.

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        much easier

        For now, didn’t they just get bought out by another entity?

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          Bought out by EPIC, sadly… we’ll see where things go…

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            Not anymore, EPIC sold it to Songtradr

            https://blog.bandcamp.com/2023/11/22/songtradr-acquires-bandcamp/

            https://www.songtradr.com/blog/posts/songtradr-bandcamp-acquisition

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              I hate epic, but I also can’t tell if this is good or bad… my statement stands: we’ll see.

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                Well songtradr did essentially fire a lot of staff.

                https://www.vulture.com/article/epic-games-bandcamp-sale-layoffs.html

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            Yrp. These fucking companies need to stay in thier lanes.

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          Uh oh

          Well I guess at least for dubstep there’s 140plates.com

          Edit: nevermind… Damn it

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            😭

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      the first CD i ripped was like 2 years ago

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      Not ideal but artists get paid proper. Just don’t share then you’re mostly fine.

      P.S.: Subject to your local law which may prohibits ripping a CD. This is NOT a legal advise.

      Edit: I don’t know if my statement is right or not given the downvotes. Can someone explain?

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