Masimatutu@mander.xyz to World News@lemmy.mlEnglish · 7 months agoSpotify will end service in Uruguay due to bill requiring fair pay for artistsmixmag.netexternal-linkmessage-square84fedilinkarrow-up1759arrow-down110cross-posted to: hackernews@derp.foo
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minus-squareathos77@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up307arrow-down9·7 months agoIf your business can’t pay it’s workers (artists) fairly, your business doesn’t deserve to exist.
minus-squareHamartiogonic@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkarrow-up89·7 months agoTell that to American restaurants.
minus-squaredangblingus@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up67arrow-down11·7 months agoNot trying to glaze, but Trudeau had the same idea here in Canada, and Google and Facebook and most of the internet crucified him for it.
minus-squareRGB3x3@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up51arrow-down6·7 months agoThe internet doesn’t tend to like to pay the actual cost for things. You’ll find very little sympathy for paid services, especially here on Lemmy.
minus-squarephoenixz@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up31arrow-down2·7 months agoNot really the same, this was more large Canadian companies trying to extort money from Google whilst google still gives them their traffic. Not trying to defend gogle, that company can burn to the ground as far as I care, but it wasn’t the same
minus-squarepm_boobs_send_nudes@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·7 months agoThe artists aren’t going to get more money. Just that the consumer won’t have their music now.
If your business can’t pay it’s workers (artists) fairly, your business doesn’t deserve to exist.
Tell that to American restaurants.
We have been
Not trying to glaze, but Trudeau had the same idea here in Canada, and Google and Facebook and most of the internet crucified him for it.
The internet doesn’t tend to like to pay the actual cost for things. You’ll find very little sympathy for paid services, especially here on Lemmy.
Not really the same, this was more large Canadian companies trying to extort money from Google whilst google still gives them their traffic.
Not trying to defend gogle, that company can burn to the ground as far as I care, but it wasn’t the same
The artists aren’t going to get more money. Just that the consumer won’t have their music now.