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They need to improve their software to the point that the quality/price/convenience of Apple Music is more attractive than quality/price/convenience of the alte
by pschuegr 4y ago
They need to improve their software to the point that the quality/price/convenience of Apple Music is more attractive than quality/price/convenience of the alternative. Since Apple Music is basically pre-installed and you get it as part of Apple One or whatever, there is a quality gap that they can accept and still grow the service. And they will, it's just basic economics.
If anybody knows of a software company that uses their excess money to make the software better instead of beefing up their balance sheet, please, hook me up. That's where I want to work.
- ninth_ant 4y agoNo need to argue with a straw man, I’m not saying they should invest in software quality for altruistic or philosophical purposes. Apple Music is a paid subscription service. Maybe they can coast on the momentum of their preinstalls and make some money, like you said. But I’d argue, as someone who has used both apple music and Spotify in the past, that Apple is leaving money on the table by having a shoddy software component to their music service. When a superior service is equally priced and just a few taps away, they will certainly lose some percentage of paying customers.