The real takeaway as far as I'm concerned is that we shouldn't split hairs *too* much over which of the other streaming service pays the most per stream.
They are all (currently) better than Spotify for the following reasons:
1. Spotify changed their payout system in April to only pay artists on their streams once they have a track streamed at least 1,000 times in a calendar year.
https://www.musicradar.com/news/spotify-royalty-model-1000-plays
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