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> Spotify didn't do anything special. They were the ~first.

• ghaff 4y ago
  Pandora was a fair bit older but not quite the same thing. Rhapsody was older as well. ADDED: The basic point is that there was a pretty natural path from radio to personalized radio streaming to streaming that brought a modified version of the same royalty system along with it.
  • dehrmann 4y ago
    > not quite the same thing Not being able to pick specific songs is a huge difference.
    • ghaff 4y ago
      Rhapsody let you pick specific albums. And, honestly, I mostly use streaming to play curated playlists these days.