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Yeah sure but streaming is where it's at now, and Apple have a piece of that pie. So I don't know why it's a fall from grace. They know which way the wind is bl
by taspeotis 9y ago
Yeah sure but streaming is where it's at now, and Apple have a piece of that pie. So I don't know why it's a fall from grace. They know which way the wind is blowing.
https://www.ft.com/content/94c5cdb0-4a26-11e7-a3f4-c742b9791d43 https://www.ft.com/content/94c5cdb0-4a26-11e7-a3f4-c742b9791...
> Streaming revenues will rise 37 per cent to $9.1bn in 2017, PwC estimates, while sales of physical formats will drop 10 per cent to $7.7bn
- x0x0 9y agoLetting Spotify, rather than Apple themselves, cannibalize music download sales was stupid. Also, it's the end of one of Apple's moats: your previous purchases. Spotify works on any device. I will say that Spotify is pretty shit on Android, but that's just laziness on their part. (Issues I've had, all on stock Nexus or HTC android phones: crashing. Muting google maps. Not pausing when disconnecting headphones. My laptop and phone fighting over who controls the playlist. Playlist corruption. Their Android team is, at best, C players. And lazy ones. Every time I get suckered into letting Spotify update there's a new bug.)
- scarface74 9y agoMusic hasn't been an Apple "moat" for the iPhone since shortly after it was introduced. Apple started selling DRM Fred music that you could play anywhere by 2009.