Brian Danger Hicks
Employees $200
Royalties $150
Servers $800
Joe Rogan $200,000,000
Utility $150
someone who is good at the economy please help me budget this. my company is dying
https://arstechnica.com/culture/2023/12/spotify-to-lay-off-17-of-workforce/
Spotify to lay off 17% of workforce

CEO Daniel Ek says the company's costs remain too high.

Ars Technica
Dec 5, 2023 at 12:12amWeb
Show threadSomeGadgetGuyDec 5, 2023
@ckape cut back on the avocado toast and make coffee at home.
Show thread bitterseedsDec 5, 2023
@SomeGadgetGuy @ckape More like ditching Rogen and have folks get news on subjects from experts instead of an ex-comedian. :D
Show threadTRNottommyDec 5, 2023

@ckape

o7

Show threadThe Stage Rabbit (he/him)Dec 5, 2023
@ckape
Show threadPetey P. TwelveDec 5, 2023
@ckape Thanks in advance
Show threadFuture SprogDec 5, 2023

There are so many dunks on Spotify’s phony accounting in that comment thread on ArsTechnica and yet here you are with another fresh one.

You make a good point!

@ckape

Show threadMattDec 5, 2023
@ckape Twitter may be dying but Dril lives on
Show threadjarylDec 5, 2023
@ckape doesn't matter how ruthlessly you budget when you have to post endless growth quarter after quarter.
Show threadPhil Stevens Dec 5, 2023
@ckape That 4th line item is why they will never get another cent from me.
Show threadⓉⓘⓜ ⓈⓐⓥⓐⓖⓔDec 5, 2023
@ckape maybe Daniel Ek should work harder and release more apps.
Show threadDawn Tåke 🌙 Dec 5, 2023

@ckape
Time for my usual plug of:
Go to your local library, check out CDs, and rip what you want. The librarians literally do not care as long as you bring the items back undamaged.

I'm a librarian now and I still do it.

Show threadGatekeeper..Dec 5, 2023
@ckape
Spotifuck is laying off staff to pay for the Nazi.
Show threadVorsosDec 5, 2023
@ckape Daily reminder that Bandcamp (for now) and iTunes sell DRM-free music files we can keep forever, and most of that money goes to the artists.
Show threadenthraxxxDec 5, 2023
@ckape What's the candles budget?
Show threadAurora (Chaos Version) 🏳️‍⚧️🎃Dec 5, 2023
@ckape Um obviously the CEO isn't being paid enough. Everyone knows if a company fails it's because the CEO didn't get paid enough. The CEO does the most out of any employee and without paying them 100 million per year you just can't run a business.