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>commission is problematic as it incentivizes them to show you the most expensive houses

Don't know everyone's experience but Realtors show whatever house the client wants to visit and clients can and do find houses for them selves.

>flat fee or a flat hourly rate

Does the client still pay this flat fee/hourly rate if they don't buy or sell the home? I'm sure a realtor would have no problem showing you up to X homes for $Y,000 paid upfront.


> that if 3 ppl is good the 6 is twice as good

This 6 person development team is promoted by the Agile Industry. They say 6 people is a sweet spot, so that if someone goes on vacation then some other developer can "cover" them.


Yes. I should have said 6 and 12 or more. That said, it was only a quick refernce to the fact that productions drags as head count increases.


Christianity does not teach reincarnation.


It is possible to make 6 figures driving a truck but not very likely.


Honestly if this guy was able to bring in business he will be an asset to whatever company he goes to and can probably negotiate a golden parachute of some sort.


Would like a public test account to play around with it. Don't feel like signing up.


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.


Bandcamp is the best way to support indie/small label bands. Buy their albums with actual dollars, then stream them.


Anyone can make money on Spotify, and Tidal is owned by the "top, top artist"s. Spotify payouts are based on the number of streams, so obviously smaller artists will have less streams and thus get paid less. The same goes for any other music distribution platform including physical record sales. Also, artists are more likely to gain exposure on Spotify as their curated playlists and artist playlists allow bigger artists or Spotify's curators to give smaller artists exposure through their playlists. The discover algorithm does a great job of exposing me to small and new artists that I wouldn't have found without it.

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.


This all day long. Spotify is the subscription I resent the least. I can find so many new bands as well as listen to the established ones in one app.

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.


Who reads a story accusing a platform of spoofing streams and funneling royalties to top artists and thinks "Yeah, this is where I want to be"?


I'm sorry, but this reads like astroturfing. I don't think it is, but it 100% feels that way.

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.


> I'm sorry, but this reads like astroturfing.

Without concrete evidence you should not make such claims.


Astroturfing accusation? Really? People profess their love or hate for things all the time. There is a comment below talking about how great Spotify is are you going to accuse it of Astroturfing as well?

Anyway if you simply Google which streaming platforms pay artist the most Tidal tops the list all the time.


> They pay artist the most

Do you have a source for this?


A simple Google search would have quickly gotten you your source:

https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2017/07/24/what-streaming-m...


"well, they pay me more than the others to comment about them on the internet"


"about US$1.8 billion are reportedly financed by Chinese banks"

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grand_Ethiopian_Renaissance_Da...


This is a great way for facebook to get more information about their users.


Great write up on Eclipse. I also loved the IDE back in the day. It was the closest thing to Visual Studio that was available for free.


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