Developed in Sweden in 2008, Spotify has become the staple music streaming service for users across the 55 countries it is available in. However, Spotify's practices have caught major media attention as of late, especially with the discussion of how it's paying the artists' that decide to put their music on the site. Perhaps the most famous example of this is Taylor Swift in 2014, who decided to pull her music off the site due to the "numbers of paid album sales drastically" shrinking drastically due to streaming services such as Spotify, as well as piracy and file sharing. That year it was also revealed that labels actually receive "less than a penny per play" from the streaming service, which for artists like Swift, might not be so drastic because of the sheer amounts of plays her music receives (into the billions, where she was set to make over $6 millions dollars in 2014 had she not pulled her music from the site), however for smaller artists without the kind of mainstream success as her, it seems impossible to follow suit because any amount of money is needed to be able to survive as a musician.
Spotify allows its' users to pay $10 for a premium accounts (no adds, an access to content where ever they go), but also has the option for free accounts, which allows users to use Spotify from their computer only and have their content interrupted for ads.
Spotify allows its' users to pay $10 for a premium accounts (no adds, an access to content where ever they go), but also has the option for free accounts, which allows users to use Spotify from their computer only and have their content interrupted for ads.