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As others have mentioned, the ability to discover new artists is why I pay for it as I have a very varied taste in music and love finding new bands.
Between the wife and I, it makes a lot of sense to maintain a subscription service for music.
 
It's a great model. And why I bought shares and kept them. I couldn't care less about artists. They need to fight for themselves.
Agreed. The majority of the artists on this platform are the top .5% in wealth. So cry me a river that they aren’t making a ton of money every time I press a song.
 
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