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What incredibly enough hasn't been brought up yet, is the distinction between gender preference and genital preference. In heteronormativity they're assumed to be the same, but in reality they're not. This way of thinking also lends itself to the flexibility you're describing; note the word "preference".

The real problem with the way Spotify distributes the money, is that they distribute it per play. This seems reasonable on the surface, but I think it's pretty shit. I want my subscription fee to go to the artists I listen to. Right now they're going to what most people listen to. This effect is worsened by the per-label deals: imagine if Beyonce wasn't on Spotify, that would be bad for Spotify right? This gives her label (and by extension all major labels) massive leverage over how this works. It massively favors big artists.

The per-play model also enables playfarming as an economically viable scam.

Seconding Obsidian - it's not FOSS, but the files are just markdown, nothing special, so you're not locked in. Self hosting is real easy, you just have to Sync the files, and everything follows. I use syncthing between my laptop and phone and am having a good time with it.

So nice hearing that from someone else, I went through that exactly.

Where I live we have a bunch of small holidays in the spring. Winter only has the one big one. Spring seems more the season for them

Hey me too! Reach out if you wanna keep in touch somehow, maybe that'd be nice

You can always justify it with your curiosity: "I just wanted to see what it was like. It'll grow back". This can work on others, but also yourself. A d it's not even a lie.

No it wouldn't. Imagine a hyper-small version of Spotify with two artists and two subscribers. The fee is 10$ per user, distributed fully to the artists (to make the math easy).

User A only listens to artist A, user B only listens to artist B. BUT: user A listens to artist A 30 times a month, while user b only listens to artist B 10 times a month. Artist A gets paid 15 of the 20 total dollars - user B is paying for some of artist A's fee, even though they've never listened to them.

My Spotify subscription is paying for the artists most put on large playlists, the ones most played by fitness centers and cafes, and for botfarms. I want it to pay the artists I listen to.