Music

> In 1999, there were six major labels. By 2012, through a process of aggressive mergers and acquisitions, there were just three. Having consolidated their power and market share, they operate an effective oligarchy, of which Spotify’s grotesque inequality is a high-profile manifestation.

> In 1999, there were six major labels. By 2012, through a process of aggressive mergers and acquisitions, there were just three. Having consolidated their power and market share, they operate an effective oligarchy, of which Spotify’s grotesque inequality is a high-profile manifestation.

https://jacobin.com/2025/06/spotify-music-industry-major-labels

We need to be the change trough our way of consuming music !!

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I feel like it’s the opposite. Consumers get all the music in the world for less than $20 a month. 

What makes you optimistic from an artist perspective? Spotify and the big labels are making all the money even though your music is on Spotify.

I think the situation is more dire from a consumer standpoint, from an artist standpoint I'm quietly optimistic.

Even if you and I could convince millions to change their habits, the big three still own the vast majority of the music catalogs we spend time listening to. So unless we go back to pirating, that kind of big shift isn’t happening anytime soon. And I don’t have much confidence in policy or regulation helping, since the big three seem to have a lot of influence there too