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So what’s your point? Apple Music is still overtaking Spotify this year. And just like iTunes, they don’t need to make much money on it.
by abalone 9y ago
So what’s your point? Apple Music is still overtaking Spotify this year. And just like iTunes, they don’t need to make much money on it.
- KozmoNau7 9y agoOnly in the US, Spotify is huge in Europe and other parts of the world, where Apple Music is basically unknown.
- abalone 9y agoSpotify is actually small in the world. All music service subscribers combined are a mere ~110 million. Eddy Cue recent pegged the market opportunity at 2 billion.[1] And Apple Music ramping the fastest.[2] [1] https://www.cnet.com/news/apple-music-hits-38-million-subscribers/ https://www.cnet.com/news/apple-music-hits-38-million-subscr... [2] https://twitter.com/asymco/status/973568200616050688?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw https://twitter.com/asymco/status/973568200616050688?ref_src...
- KozmoNau7 9y agoComparing Spotify to other streaming services, obviously. Apple music is basically a no-show in Europe and Asia. And those numbers are only paid subs. Spotify has a ton of free, ad-listening users.