Apple Pays $163.34 Million in Licensing Fees for Songwriters and Publishers

[robjulo]

Agree 100%. Streaming is not a good deal for most artists.

Prob won't be a popular opinion but IMO, streaming is underpriced by several dollars. I have access to a library (granted I don't "own" it) of millions of songs from artists and records I never would have purchased or, if I did, would cost me significantly more.

I personally love the streaming model, but would like for artists to get more.

 

[Td1970]

$163 millions from a Trillion Dollars company vs $157 millions from a $30 billion company makes lots of difference. For me Spotify & Amazon Music provides perfect collections. Apple Music has very very limited numbers in the genres that I listen to. Still Spotify & Amazon can improve their collections. Besides, my Apple Music purchases keep disappearing from my collection.

I hate when an album you listen to disappears suddenly. Very aggravating.

still AM is in the ecosystem so it works well with my phone and homepods

 

[Td1970]

Most the musicians I know live at or below the federal poverty line

The one musician I’ve met a few times. Is a millionaire many times over.

My neighbor grew up with him. known him since childhood. He shows up occasionally for a visit. Nice guy too. Love those 80 metal bands

 

[LDN]

These payouts are since 2019 right? They have to be, because if they've paid around 160 million since they started streaming services that would be hilariously low.

 

[Tech198]

even separately, it would still be allot.. If only half went to artists and songwriters, while 90% of it went to publishers, that's not that bad either.