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To be fair, music streaming is still pretty decent. Spotify has almost everything, and it's just a few major artists that hold out for a 'Tidal exclusive' or wh
by iamben 6y ago
To be fair, music streaming is still pretty decent. Spotify has almost everything, and it's just a few major artists that hold out for a 'Tidal exclusive' or whatever. But generally I think that however much upfront revenue the service provides is probably to the detriment to the bigger picture of 'let people listen'. But for £10 a month, the reality is it's pretty phenomenal, especially for someone that (previously) bought a lot of records. I hope this doesn't fracture, or we'll be back to MP3s and Napster.
But yeah, TV and movie streaming is a shambles. Exclusive licensing is terrible - they should move to the same model as the music, licence to everyone and let us all pick the service we prefer. But I don't think it's ever going to happen.
Business idea: Distrokid but for SVOD...
- AlexandrB 6y agoThat's because music streaming services are rarely (never?) also music producers and exclusivity agreements are rare (though not unheard of - see Garth Brooks). If the goal is consumer choice, it seems like a bad idea to allow streaming services have vertical integration with content production.