AccidentalLemming@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agoWhite noise podcasts are costing Spotify $38m per year, and record labels are not happy about itwww.bloomberg.comexternal-linkmessage-square51fedilinkarrow-up1123arrow-down13
arrow-up1120arrow-down1external-linkWhite noise podcasts are costing Spotify $38m per year, and record labels are not happy about itwww.bloomberg.comAccidentalLemming@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agomessage-square51fedilink
minus-square👁️👄👁️@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·1 year agoHow does this cost any money besides cost of bandwidth?
minus-squareviking@infosec.publinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 year agoThey pay the author, and white noise is streaming all night.
minus-squarehh93@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·1 year agoHow is white noise even something that someone can have a license on? Shouldn’t it be identical no matter where you listen to it and therefore impossible to get money from?
minus-squarecriitz@reddthat.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 year agoIt’s not actually all white noise. It’s stuff like waves crashing, raindrops, etc.
How does this cost any money besides cost of bandwidth?
They pay the author, and white noise is streaming all night.
How is white noise even something that someone can have a license on?
Shouldn’t it be identical no matter where you listen to it and therefore impossible to get money from?
It’s not actually all white noise. It’s stuff like waves crashing, raindrops, etc.