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The difference should be that users pay Spotify for a subscription. Raise the prices if they need to, but don't try and have a subscription + "whatever ad buck
by ethbr0 4y ago
The difference should be that users pay Spotify for a subscription.
Raise the prices if they need to, but don't try and have a subscription + "whatever ad bucks we can make" model.
- ipaddr 4y agoVote with your wallet.
- dieselgate 4y agoGuess for a lot of us spotify users that'd mean stop paying for their service? am pretty close to doing so after almost a decade of paying for spotify.
- digging 4y agoyes. there are good alternatives. switching can be easy or painful depending on if you're willing to use opaque 3rd-party services to transfer your playlists (also, when I exported manually, some songs just disappeared from my "Liked"). but I highly recommend taking the plunge.
- dieselgate 4y agoInteresting, what services do you recommend? I’m not familiar with them. I’d like to just get the song/artist names from playlists rather than all the playlists themselves. Get to hang out with a friend who’s a former Spotify employee tomorrow so this will be a likely topic of discussion
- ethbr0 4y agoWhat are some good alternatives? More visibility!
- nerdponx 4y agoTheir business model has always been the latter.
- FormerBandmate 4y agoTheir advertising business is the only reason they succeeded and Rhapsody, Zune Pass, and Napster/PressPlay didn’t. It’s ingrained in the company
- maxfurman 4y agoI thought it was because the major labels are also the biggest shareholders, and therefore incentivized not to hamstring the company?