There can be no doubt that Neil Young has yanked his music from Spotify on a point of principle. Nor that he’s fully prepared to sacrifice his earnings as a result. Yet he’s also just laid the groundwork to shatter erroneous music biz dogma that’s lain unquestioned for too many years. In fact, I suspect that Neil Young is about to prove that a swathe of established artists – namely prestige catalog artists – really don’t need Spotify to survive anymore.
Source: Neil Young’s Spotify exodus is a test case for artists who dare question music industry dogma.