< i don't have Spotify.  
> seems odd that you don't want to access the vast majority of the planet's music in a digital form my dude.

< their free service is crap and full access costs money.

> evidently so, and for the price of a single CD per month you can access quite a lot of CDs.

< well actually i'm protesting because Spotify doesn't treat its artists right.

> because you refuse to pay for it. when there's more money going in, there can be more money coming out. for the artists.
> i myself am an artist on Spotify, and not even a mainstream one, but i still get cash out of the system to cover the distribution service costs.

< i just prefer the smaller alternatives which are less commercial.

> ah, like the VC-funded discovinyldrops2568.com, where the renowned artist Bizel Q. Snitzel with 300 likes on Soundcloud is doing a loud promo campaign to drop their next single in September.
> but you still can't hear any Venetian Snares.