>I think that is more fair
They pay way too little, basically nothing, so no, Spotify isn't much better than digital piracy for example from the perspective of the artist.
>If the artist can't negotiate better prices it's not really my problem.
I hope, you do understand how unfair that statement is? How do you expect independent artists to negotiate anything with a multi-billion dollar company? They don't have leverage.
>And of course a huge part of the profit goes to the record company and not the musician so this is not even close to being a good system either.
They still earn much more through record sales than through streaming services.