No streaming provider pays per steram so using that metric is disingenuous. Spotify appears to pay less because their users listen more and they have a free tier. Wanting artists to get paid more and complaining about price rises (of which most goes to artists) is pretty strange IMO

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No streaming provider pays per steram so using that metric is disingenuous. Spotify appears to pay less because their users listen more and they have a free tier. You're right with your last line, but other streaming providers aren't really better.

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Mine is $18.99 on a duo plan. Both Google Play and Apple Music pays artists over 50% more per music stream than Spotify. For how popular Spotify is the money doesn't really go towards the artists. Buying merch, concert tickets, vinyls/cd's are the best ways to support an artists folks.

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The subscription is cheap as dirt though? Might depend on the geo but I pay like 4$ per month per person. What's even stranger is people complaining about price hikes AND artists not being paid enough. You would think these 2 are maybe connected

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Congrats on your first realization, many on this sub go broke before realizing. You’re halfway there though dude, you’re still gambling not investing. Investors don’t go 100% in one stock or even two, they have thoughtful balanced portfolios with a mix of a few risky stocks, a lot of safe stocks, and boring assets like etfs and bonds. If you return 10-15% average per year it’s crushing it and that’s how you become a millionaire. Sincerely, a multimillionaire who was simply patient.

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People be like “I only want to pay $400 per month” then get absolutely RAILED at the dealership 😂

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I hate it but he's "technically" right. Per the SEC, short just means you sold a security that you don't own (actual short selling) and so you are short on obligation to return said securities. This is technically a long put since he bought put options. Not how it's colloquially used among laymen but he's right. Long/short don't specifically refer to time, at least not according to the SEC. It's really whether you're buying something or selling something.

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The year is 2035. Your morning alarm goes off from your Echo Hub. "Alexa: Stop," you say groggily. "Mandatory Wakeup Time initiated. Warning issued," the Echo Hub responds. You sit upright quickly. No one has ever gotten a second warning. The camera watches as you get up and take 2 pills from a dispenser with a digital reading that displays "Amazon Medication #5122." As you sit on the side of your bed holding your head and fighting nausea, the Echo begins lining you out with your new assignment: to form a "human" relationship of trust with Worker 527-655-091-530, who lives in Factory 61613, to ask him if he has any subversive leanings against the Robotic World Order, and to alert the Mechanized Patrol if he does. Of course, you're going to say that he does either way. Why risk your own life by being wrong? Being a human informant is one of the only good jobs left, and it gets you three bowls of Human Repurposing Rations a day. Part of you wishes you hadn't gone all in on AMZN on 2026 and helped the stock get to $120,000 per share. But then again, you were able to use that money to avoid being used as a human shield in the Great Robo Wars. It could be worse. "Alexa," you whisper, standing up shakily. "Permission to exit my quarters... I've got a 'friend' to make."

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Imagine the profitability of self driving cars not having to pay harpinder & darpreet $3 per hour to pin your girlfriends address

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I’m bullish, per my comment above. I’ve got calls.

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