alt Hacker News> but the crux of your argument is "artists had a mediocre deal, so it is fine that the new deal is dramatically worse".
No it's not. I'm saying that artists have always had a shit deal, singling out Spotify doesn't help the systematic problems. I don't use Spotify, I purchase via Bandcamp but that's also because long term its cheaper for me.
> Your posts make clear that you're a wildly immoral person
I'm immoral because I don't think that artists have ever had it good? Alright Mr. RIAA.
https://sociallifemagazine.com/the-archive/90s-record-deals-...
"Is it really much different to how much artists got from radio?" is a weird way of stating that artists should be paid more.
If you actually want to defend artists... I suggest _not_ drawing equivalence between the old (bad) deal, and the new (much worse) deal.