[Letícia L.]

Originally posted by Kuntmonster

Because she already makes over 50million dollars a year. Yet the greedy chanteuse still wants more and more. Her fans helped her net worth become over 200million dollars. Keeping her old music on Spotify for her fans to be able to listen to is the least she can do.
And lets be honest Taylor isn't doing this for "lesser known artists" or to make a statement, she is doing it for herself.

You forgot about one thing:

Taylor knows more about music industry than you do, she's doing this for her career, of course, that's why she's selling so much right now because she cares about her career and makes everything to stay doing what she loves: writing her own songs and playing at sold out concerts.

[muddysquirrel]

You could say she is fighting for the survival of music industry with this. Revolutionary. Trendsetter. Fearless bitch.

[@michael]

Music, not the bling!

[Dani97]

"Trying to literally force people to buy her music."

[TaylorFantasy]

Originally posted by Wicked

How am I 'mad' ? And you're not even using proper grammar.

It's a selfish move. It doesn't matter how you spin it. Trying to literally force people to buy her music.

And Taylor is one of my faves

Yas! Resort to correcting people's grammar!
I need an explanation on how is it selfish.
She's not "literally" forcing people nor is she figuratively forcing people to buy her music. She just made her songs absent from a service which almost pay nothing for the streams.
If they really want it that bad they should spend their coins and this is her stance since the very beginning.
Glad to see Taylor being one of your faves though.

[BTrisc]

Stupid move. I, for one, never purchase digital or physical music anymore. My Premium account gives me access to plenty of music already and I don't want to go through the hassle of importing music just to listen through Spotify.

[Pinter]

Kudos to her, what a true musician.

[Azealia Banks]

Mess

[Samuel]

Bling not the music!

[Wicked]

Originally posted by Icannot

So were people also 'forced' to buy music when streaming wasn't a thing?

Those are two different eras and is a useless comparison.

Streaming is a legal alternative to buying an album.

Taking your music off that platform is forcing someone to buy your music to listen to it, I don't even think you can stream her entire albums on YouTube, a lot of her vids that aren't official have a sped up pitch.

It's a selfish move on her part.

[Vespertine]

Originally posted by NaughtyDog

Lesser known artist thrive in the Spotify environment, they get discovered faster instead of struggling for their label to promote them. This move isn't helping them its just helping Taylor

Do you have any concrete examples of artists who got discovered mostly because of Spotify though? Because I've only ever heard of less mainstream artists complaining that they struggle to make enough money from streaming.

[chilluminati]

For the people who aren't necessarily huge Taylor fans, people who have never heard Taylor before, people who don't like her music enough to buy it, people who like making playlists, people who like listening before they purchase, people who don't think her music is worth the money...they'll just illegally download.

Spotify, with its large number of subscribed customers was an alternative to that for a considerable chunk of people, but not anymore. So if the intention was to take back home as much money as possible in a climate where album sales aren't even the major source of an artists' income, all this has truly done is pointed a cluster of more people in the illegal direction. Now she is getting zero revenue, from a service that was very much legal, right behind an increase in illegal downloads of her content.

[Wonderland]

Drag them for filth

[Slayonce]

She removed her entire catalogue? Wow.

[Dani97]

Record labels are dropping artists like crazy, they need to find a middle ground here

[OnlyManInTheWorld]

Originally posted by Dani97

"Trying to literally force people to buy her music."

Streaming on Spotify is like illegally downloading something. Artists get almost nothin for streams.

[ChapelHooker]

Let me leave this thread.

[Devon]

They want the iTunes sales more

[BTrisc]

In 10 years, the entertainment industry will be pinned to streaming. Movies, TV, music, literature, games, etc. will be accessed almost exclusively through streaming and cloud-like services. This "rebellious" move isn't going to change that.

[Yarotska]

Originally posted by chilluminati

For the people who aren't necessarily huge Taylor fans, people who have never heard Taylor before, people who don't like her music enough to buy it, people who like making playlists, people who like listening before they purchase, people who don't think her music is worth the money...they'll just illegally download.

Spotify, with its large number of subscribed customers was an alternative to that for a considerable chunk of people, but not anymore. So if the intention was to take back home as much money as possible in a climate where album sales aren't even the major source of an artists' income, all this has truly done is pointed a cluster of more people in the illegal direction. Now she is getting zero revenue, from a service that was very much legal, right behind an increase in illegal downloads of her content.

Do you have receipts? Because last time I checked, RED sold 4 million copies and was the highest selling album of 2012 while not relying heavily on Spotify.