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Did you not live through the iTunes era or something it addresses every one of your points here I fault mankind for being uncritically thinking to let Spotify
by gnarlouse 3y ago
Did you not live through the iTunes era or something it addresses every one of your points here
I fault mankind for being uncritically thinking to let Spotify win
But then again “mainstream” mankind made Taylor Swift and Kanye West billionaires.
- ethbr1 3y agoYou mean the iTunes era that was dictated by fiat because Jobs had enough power to unilaterally bend the industry to his will? Autocracy is great... as long as the autocratic is good. But I'd worry about how that would have gone when Apple ran out of growth and needed to juice their revenue.
- gnarlouse 3y agoNo idea what you’re on about You can load a CD you bought at the store into iTunes and the bytes are yours for all time Not sure what autocracy has to do with it
- ethbr1 3y agoAssumed your point was the per-track pricing that iTunes ushered in, rather than the system as a whole. That's closest to the Spotify user experience. However, it never would have happened if Apple hadn't had such a dominant position in the market (at the time, iPod) that they could force record companies into that deal.