Apple Music can only connect to newer Sonos speakers that have AirPlay built in.

Tap the icon that looks like a speaker beside the play button and it will list all available devices, including Google Cast devices like TVs. Home hardware and car integrationīoth Tidal and Spotify can connect to Sonos speakers directly without having to use the app. On a participating artist’s page you’ll see a ‘Make A Contribution’ button, this will take you to an external site where 100% of your donation goes directly to the artist. EDM artist Marshmello was one of the first to sign up to Spotify’s new scheme. Spotify has set up a donate button, perhaps feeling the heat from artists such as Nadine Shah (opens in new tab), who’s been very vocal about how little she earns from streaming. Instead, consider other ways of paying artists the money they deserve. This still won’t pay the bills for most mid-range artists, and we certainly don’t think that you should cancel your Spotify subscription because of this. It pays around $0.00437 per stream, considerably less than Apple’s $0.00783 per stream and artist-centric Tidal, which gives out an even higher rate of $0.01284 per stream.

It’s an important question to ask yourself when using streaming services: how much of your subscription payment actually reaches the artists who created the music in the first place? There’s much debate on the subject and unfortunately, the worst of the bunch for paying artists is Spotify.

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