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If Spotify were to pull a Netflix and begin signing artists, this would put it in conflict with its current supplier gateways, other labels. Unlike Netflix howe
by oflannabhra 9y ago
If Spotify were to pull a Netflix and begin signing artists, this would put it in conflict with its current supplier gateways, other labels. Unlike Netflix however, Spotify does not have enough of a market share to prevent the labels from pulling out.
- simias 9y agoOn top of that I don't think streaming music and videos is completely the same thing. I think for video new content is vastly more valuable than the back catalog, keeping a steady stream of fresh exclusives might be enough to justify a Netflix subscription. Meanwhile I'd say that maybe 2/3rds of my playlists are tracks from the past decade or older. Having only access to a subset of the music being produced today is not really enough for me to justify paying 10 euros a month. When I hear some music that I like on the radio I fully expect to be able to find it on Spotify and most of the time I'm right. If suddenly I have to use 3 different streaming services to access all the music I like then it'll be back to pirating for me. How do you even compile a playlist in these conditions? I really don't think that "pulling a Netflix" would make any sense for Spotify at all, and it would be a terrible thing for the users.
- EADGBE 9y agoAlso, royalties pay so little it's in the artists' best interest to put their music everywhere in hopes of a streaming revenue.
- fasteddie 9y agoOn the contrary, a ton of licensors have pulled out of Netflix. Its just that their content is good and at a large enough scale that it doesnt matter. Netflix was lucky to build its in-house production muscle before a lot of the licensors wised up and started building their own platforms.