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Yeah, can't wait to go back to Sony installing rootkits on my playback device to make sure we don't pirate their CDs.
by izacus 2y ago
Yeah, can't wait to go back to Sony installing rootkits on my playback device to make sure we don't pirate their CDs.
- mingus88 2y agoThe model to look to is bandcamp
- bdcravens 2y agoIsn't this the result of consumers devaluing art? We want a $12 all you can eat plan, which tends to favor package contracts on the supply side. The direct-to-consumer model for music has been mostly rejected.
- pixl97 2y agoDid (most) consumers ever value art? There has always been the very wealthy that commission art, but it seems like throughout history more for less is the typical behavior.
- roywiggins 2y agoWell, the 90s, I guess. https://www.riaa.com/u-s-sales-database/ https://www.riaa.com/u-s-sales-database/
- Kuinox 2y agoThis is the result of companies screwing over consumers for years.
- steveBK123 2y agoConsumers want fast & cheap then want to find fault and point fingers when it isn't good. By historical norms, music is hilariously cheap. And $12 isn't even the floor, you can get a $17 couples plan, or a $20 family plan split 6 ways. Or $6 for students and they throw in Hulu TV with it! And theres are 2025 dollars. In peak CD mall rat era, Northeast HCOL area minimum wages were $5, gas was $2/gal and CDs were $20+ for new releases, each. Or inflating that $20, is $38/album in 2025 dollars. And teens with allowances and/or jobs would buy more than 1 per month. No matter how the pie is sliced up, there just isn't that much revenue coming in the front door.
- roywiggins 2y agoSony being bad doesn't mean Spotify isn't also bad.
- izacus 2y agoNo, it means that Spotify is way way better - for both us, the consumers, and the authors which can reach way more audience way cheaper than through the old publishers.
- mvdtnz 2y agoA DRM scheme from 20 years ago is not the one and only alternative to Spotify.