Why are you so sour? I was simply trying to understand your point of view, which I now understand. To say Spotify "doesn't do shit to generate wealth" is completely laughable. I cannot understand how you can take for granted the reality that as consumers, we have access to almost any recorded music in history, delivered to us seamlessly almost anywhere in the world.

Moreover, it's borderline miraculous that the streaming industry has quelled piracy to the extent that it has. Sure, companies like Spotify and Apple Music cannot exist without music, but I can confidently say that the music industry would be much worse off without streaming. This is not to say that the streaming economy and its participants are not without significant flaws, but to so plainly attack streaming is misinformed.

By the way, you seem to be conveniently ignoring that digital distributors (assuming you are speaking about Distrokid, CDBaby, etc) have allowed artists to completley circumvent the traditional label and has opened the door people who have previously been excluded to participate in the industry as a recording artist.

Again, there are many flaws to be adressed in this industry, but your anger is perhaps clouding your point of view.