No one ever said there was one music service to serve all manners of music consumption. There are many to serve many. It is a fallacy to assume that everyone c

No one ever said there was one music service to serve all manners of music consumption. There are many to serve many. It is a fallacy to assume that everyone consumes or enjoys music the same way, or that music has the same role in every listeners life. In fact, music could have many roles depending on artist, genre, song, album, mood, etc. You can't as a music service do a user experience and interface, business model, etc that will serve all modalities and particularities of consumption, fanaticism and enjoyment. It isn't possible. It wasn't possible with physical media either. I have the luxury of affording many options, and so I have many options: RDIO, Spotify and iTunes. All have different uses for me, all fill different roles in my life as a music listener and consumer. This is no different than 20 years ago, when vinyl, CD, radio and cassette tapes all had their place in my life depending on what it was I was doing.