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This doesn’t make sense to me, it’s not that they are eating into profits, it’s that they are eating into average margin; they presumably still at least break e
by mattnewton 6y ago
This doesn’t make sense to me, it’s not that they are eating into profits, it’s that they are eating into average margin; they presumably still at least break even on free users. And I would bet dollars to donuts that those free users are not going to convert to paid when piracy, YouTube videos, and free trials of other services exist.
- Rule35 6y agoI think Spotify is the first service to tempt me from piracy. Piracy doesn't handle discovery, or access across multiple devices, is a pain, and is actually (who knew?) illegal. Spotify handles all of those and won't get you arrested. Youtube for music is simply worse than pirating and being caught.
- dont__panic 6y agoTo be fair, back in the day I used last.fm for music discovery, social music stuff, etc. and the more Spotify forces podcasts down my (paying subscription) throat the more I want to go back to piracy + last.fm.