Barely. Some artists outright tell you to pirate their music since most of their money comes from touring/merch.

I discover stuff on Spotify more than i would ever from pirating and only then i can go watch their live stuff and buy their merch. If I want a Flac i go to Bandcamp though

Makes me wonder if artists would see the same benefit then if piracy were legal and someone made a nice Spotify-like frontend for it. I think about how places like library genesis have to be so weirdly arranged because of how illegal they are.

Wasn't that essentially what Grooveshark was?

Ooh possibly! The name is familiar but I’ve forgotten entirely what it was like.