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I have no love for Spotify or their business model (I am a "buy CDs/MP3s" kinda person), but frankly I think paywalling lyrics, parent controls, offline downloa
by jszymborski 3y ago
I have no love for Spotify or their business model (I am a "buy CDs/MP3s" kinda person), but frankly I think paywalling lyrics, parent controls, offline downloads, audio quality, etc... makes a lot of sense, and I think it's a lot more sustainable (and personally ethical) than advertising.
I much prefer companies have a degraded free tier than try to squeeze dollars out of a free tier by disregarding user privacy and selling to data brokers.
That said, I'm sure Spotify is going to do both.
- troupo 3y ago> but frankly I think paywalling lyrics, parent controls, offline downloads, audio quality, etc... makes a lot of sense, and I think it's a lot more sustainable (and personally ethical) than advertising. Disclaimer: I work at Spotify We'd love to give all of that to you for free, or nearly for free. Almost everything you mention or want has a price tag attached to it by rights holders: Spotify has to pay for almost everything. Also, in a different comment: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40241883 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40241883
- jszymborski 3y agoJust to be clear, I take no issue with charging for these features. My qualms with Spotify have more to do with (1) advertising/user data as a major revenue stream and (2) I much rather "own" than "rent" my music.
- troupo 3y agoYeah, I have the same reservations as you