I plan to switch to Tidal. They pay artist the most. Only the top, top artist are making money on Spotify. I like to listen to indie/small label bands. I don't buy albums, go to concerts. Tidal seems to be the best way to support these artist.
I've tried Tidal, Apple Music, Google Music, Prime Music, Rdio (when that was a thing) and have always gone back to Spotify because the put a lot more effort into getting smaller/newer artists records in front of users.
Mainly, music discovery is key. Someone says “have you heard X?” And I can be listening to the top 5 in less than a few seconds.
And, from what I can see, Tidal is a service owned by phenomenally rich artists who have been the best compensated by the existing record label structure (at the expense of indie artists), trying to throw their weight around and maintain their power in streaming as well. While fraudulently depriving other artists of revenue from Tidal, if this article is correct.
Without concrete evidence you should not make such claims.
Anyway if you simply Google which streaming platforms pay artist the most Tidal tops the list all the time.
Do you have a source for this?
https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2017/07/24/what-streaming-m...