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So the artists get paid even less than from Spotify?
a few years ago, back when I was still using Spotify, I checked my Wrapped and apparently I was using Spotify more than 99.5% of users in my country, and when it came to my most listened artist, I was in top 0.05% listeners worldwide. doing some back-of-the-napkin math with the data I got online about Spotify's payouts, it turned out the money the artist got during that year from me amounted to ~~less than~~ just a bit over a dollar.
if you're really concerned about supporting artists, use the money you'd pay for your music streaming subscription and buy their album or a piece of merch every two months.
I've had Spotify since it basically released. I fully switched to a self hosted music library about 5 months ago. I imagine I've supported artists more in those 5 months than I did during my 18-ish years of Spotify premium. I still use Soulseek for large artists or quite old albums, but most new releases and remix tracks I pay for.