[nuclear]

Originally posted by antoine_

I really hope she wont do this.She shouldn't be greedy,when she will have the best selling album since her previous 21 is a great accomplishment alone.Streaming won't hurt her MASSIVE sales.

stop being cheap then. you shouldn't be so cheap and greedy when you have been listening to music for years.

[JessLM]

She's getting my coins on release day anyway.

[musicman101]

Originally posted by MadelineXPepito

Ok, Spotify does need to drop the freemium format, people need to pay something to the artists.

I literally just got dragged for saying this a few posts back by an Ariana stan

Good to know not everyone is greedy

[LoKoPaNdA]

Well well I may just need to pay for a copy then

Poor me.

There is always a not so legal option though

[ShouldersSideways]

All these people in here bragging about illegally downloading... you do understand it's basically the same thing as walking into a store and stealing a CD, right?

[MadelineXPepito]

Originally posted by CallumDavies

Spotify should get rid of its free tier, artists shouldn't have to subsidise poor people who are unwilling to pay a fair amount for the enjoyment they get from music

I am poor and I still manage to pay the $7 per month fee. I just think that artists contribute to more in our lives than we would like to give them credit for, and they need good money to keep on making music. I'm not talking about music giants like Swift or Adele, idgaf about them and I know their claims toward Spotify are just another moneygrab, but small artists that are poor but genuine about the art they're creating.
The point is, it's not the poors that don't pay up, but the means. Like in that story from the bible, or whatever.

[CallumDavies]

Originally posted by MadelineXPepito

I am poor and I still manage to pay the $7 per month fee. I just think that artists contribute to more in our lives than we would like to give them credit for, and they need good money to keep on making music. I'm not talking about music giants like Swift or Adele, idgaf about them and I know their claims toward Spotify are just another moneygrab, but small artists that are poor but genuine about the art they're creating.

people should pay for things that they value and yes I don't really care to line to pockets of rich people but these people are all signed to labels, labels who sign, invest and develop other artists, who are mostly poor - robbing labels of money through piracy also robs other artists who may have otherwise been signed if labels had the money to do so

[WeFoundTrouble]

She asked the exact same thing as Taylor did with 1989. Spotify will never learn

Anyway, this is the only thing I've liked about the 25 era so far. Good on you Adele, for knowing that your music shouldn't be given to people who aren't willing to pay a single cent. Poor Spotify, losing out on the biggest album of 2013, 2014, and now 2015 all because they're so set in their ways. I don't know what's so difficult about just making certain blockbuster albums (Bey, 1989, 25) available to only Paid subscribers.

[Riha'love]

A lot of hypocrites out here. The general opinion is changing too easily with different names/albums and streaming services.

[ShouldersSideways]

Originally posted by CallumDavies

people should pay for things that they value and yes I don't really care to line to pockets of rich people but these people are all signed to labels, labels who sign, invest and develop other artists, who are mostly poor - robbing labels of money through piracy also robs other artists who may have otherwise been signed if labels had the money to do so

You also have to think of the engineers, the mixers, and all these other people that put work into an album. I think people don't realize this.

Everyone wants to complain about the state of pop music but it's no wonder labels don't want artists to take risks anymore. They just can't afford to take chances

[Brian Kinney]

She should just put the singles on Spotify for chart points. They can put the rest of the album when it leaves the top 200 which is never

Genuine question, are the rates different if a premium subscriber streams a song vs a free user?

[TextEdit]

Buy the album fatties!

[princedonte]

Not a problem for me I still buy CD's like its 1998

[Taylor fanboy]

Taylor's impact on the music biz

[Haus]

I get their philosophy though, having paid-exclusive albums is only going to encourage piracy, which is what Spotify is trying to stop. Why pay $10 for a month of service when you can buy the CD for the same price? And then why buy the CD when you can just illegally download it?

[shelven]

Originally posted by nuclear

who cares? aside you guys. it not like you guys are premium members anyway. she will do fine without that penny. it won't negatively affect adele. Adele can't lose, she can only win.

I have no idea why you randomly assumed I'm not a premium subscriber, because I actually am one. So I think I have the right to be frustrated that my $10 per month subscription doesn't give me access to an album I really want to listen to all because the artist and/or her team refuses to put it on Spotify despite there being no logical reason why they shouldn't.

[nuclear]

Originally posted by shelven

I have no idea why you randomly assumed I'm not a premium subscriber, because I actually am one. So I think I have the right to be frustrated that my $10 per month subscription doesn't give me access to an album I really want to listen to all because the artist and/or her team refuses to put it on Spotify despite there being no logical reason why they shouldn't.

no you don't have the right to complain or to be frustrated at all, its her album she can do whatever she want with it and she work hard to make it. you want quality timeless music, get ready to open your wallet.

[SlayUrFavs]

Originally posted by ShouldersSideways

All these people in here bragging about illegally downloading... you do understand it's basically the same thing as walking into a store and stealing a CD, right?

I don't care . I pay spotify every month so i won't buy anyone album not bieber not even for the best artist in the world adele if she want to do that that's her problem not mine

[CallumDavies]

Originally posted by SlayUrFavs

I don't care . I pay spotify every month so i won't buy anyone album not bieber not even for the best artist in the world adele if she want to do that that's her problem not mine

embarrassing

[SlayUrFavs]

People can stop being hypocrite here we all know y'all going to download this album illegally