4realz@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 8 months agoSpotify doesn't make profit from music streaming, despite having over 400M monthly active users, because it pays two-thirds of all its revenue to the rights holders.open.substack.comexternal-linkmessage-square58fedilinkarrow-up1144arrow-down123
arrow-up1121arrow-down1external-linkSpotify doesn't make profit from music streaming, despite having over 400M monthly active users, because it pays two-thirds of all its revenue to the rights holders.open.substack.com4realz@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 8 months agomessage-square58fedilink
minus-squareAatube@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up17arrow-down6·edit-28 months agoHave you ever looked into the operating costs of having a server with music on it which over 400M monthly active users use?
minus-squareecho64@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up20arrow-down3·8 months agoI actually work in cloud engineering and regularly price this kind of thing up. Their costs are salaries not aws bills.
Have you ever looked into the operating costs of having a server with music on it which over 400M monthly active users use?
I actually work in cloud engineering and regularly price this kind of thing up.
Their costs are salaries not aws bills.