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		jimmaswell on July 31, 2020 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Spotify CEO: musicians can no longer release music... I feel like they must make a decent amount of money from ads on free streaming sites.

dchest on Aug 1, 2020 [–]

Correct! I’m not sure why comments here equate music on YouTube with giving it away - while it devalues it by making it free to listen, artists still get royalties from advertising.

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