So both the “user-centric” (a.k.a “fan-powered”) formula that’s being touted here and the more-common “pro-rata” formula use number of plays to decide who gets paid. But “pro-rata” gives more control to users who play more tracks. If every user streamed exactly 1000 tracks per month, the two formulas would match.
Do I have that right?
(Also, minor nit: if a user paid $10 a month in a “user-centric” system and played only one artist, then that artist would get all of that user’s artist payment, but it would be less than $10. The streaming service also gets some money. In fact, I’m starting to suspect that that’s their whole motivation.)
