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What do they mean with: "#1 year for Apple Music listenership"? If it is "The year in which people that use Apple Music used more Apple Music than in the years

by ndr42 9mo ago

What do they mean with: "#1 year for Apple Music listenership"? If it is "The year in which people that use Apple Music used more Apple Music than in the years before" than it does not sound astounding.

graypegg 9mo ago
I think it's just a bit of an obscure way of saying total subscribers. "${verb}ership" like "readership" meaning the number of subscribers + casual readers of a magazine [0], or "viewership" meaning a TV show's total viewers/ratings [1] I don't think I've ever heard listenership in that same context though, so they might have just made that up. haha [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Print_circulation#:~:text=to%20the%20reader.-,Readership%20figures,-are%20usually%20higher https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Print_circulation#:~:text=to%2... [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Audience_measurement#:~:text=television%20viewership https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Audience_measurement#:~:text=t...
crazygringo 9mo ago
It says in the body: > while Apple Music reached all-time highs in both listenership and new subscribers. I'm assuming listenership is total subscribers. It doesn't need to be "astounding". But it is significant, given the competition from Spotify and YouTube and other streaming services. When you're not the most popular service, it's genuinely a challenge to be on the growing side of things rather than the shrinking side or stagnant side.
- knowitnone3 9mo ago
  It's as if Apple Music was a monopoly giving it's the default music application same as Internet Explorer was the default browser. I'll bet Apple Music is so integrated into the OS that it would be impossible to remove.
  - nemomarx 9mo ago
    IDK, isn't Spotify still very popular? hard to believe that's all from android users.
  - crazygringo 9mo ago
    Monopoly? Huh? Spotify is the market leader with 31.5%. Apple Music is #3 at 12%. https://sqmagazine.co.uk/music-streaming-statistics/ https://sqmagazine.co.uk/music-streaming-statistics/ I've deleted the Apple Music app from my iPhone, so you can definitely remove it there.
- knallfrosch 9mo ago
  It's obviously a monopoly. Like saying 100% of iOS users use their Apple settings app. I know it, because it's bundled in my subscription. Did you know Apple doesn't support other vendors for native backup and so you need ICloud?
  - crazygringo 9mo ago
    See my cousin comment, not a monopoly by market share, not even close. Spotify is the market leader. There are no alternative Settings apps. But you can certainly use Spotify like I do and many others. What does it being bundled with a bundle you chose to subscribe to have to do with anything? You can subscribe to iCloud without Apple Music if you want. It's cheaper.

by ndr42 9mo ago

graypegg 9mo ago

I think it's just a bit of an obscure way of saying total subscribers. "${verb}ership" like "readership" meaning the number of subscribers + casual readers of a magazine [0], or "viewership" meaning a TV show's total viewers/ratings [1] I don't think I've ever heard listenership in that same context though, so they might have just made that up. haha [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Print_circulation#:~:text=to%20the%20reader.-,Readership%20figures,-are%20usually%20higher https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Print_circulation#:~:text=to%2... [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Audience_measurement#:~:text=television%20viewership https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Audience_measurement#:~:text=t...

crazygringo 9mo ago

It says in the body: > while Apple Music reached all-time highs in both listenership and new subscribers. I'm assuming listenership is total subscribers. It doesn't need to be "astounding". But it is significant, given the competition from Spotify and YouTube and other streaming services. When you're not the most popular service, it's genuinely a challenge to be on the growing side of things rather than the shrinking side or stagnant side.

knowitnone3 9mo ago
It's as if Apple Music was a monopoly giving it's the default music application same as Internet Explorer was the default browser. I'll bet Apple Music is so integrated into the OS that it would be impossible to remove.
- nemomarx 9mo ago
  IDK, isn't Spotify still very popular? hard to believe that's all from android users.
- crazygringo 9mo ago
  Monopoly? Huh? Spotify is the market leader with 31.5%. Apple Music is #3 at 12%. https://sqmagazine.co.uk/music-streaming-statistics/ https://sqmagazine.co.uk/music-streaming-statistics/ I've deleted the Apple Music app from my iPhone, so you can definitely remove it there.
knallfrosch 9mo ago
It's obviously a monopoly. Like saying 100% of iOS users use their Apple settings app. I know it, because it's bundled in my subscription. Did you know Apple doesn't support other vendors for native backup and so you need ICloud?
- crazygringo 9mo ago
  See my cousin comment, not a monopoly by market share, not even close. Spotify is the market leader. There are no alternative Settings apps. But you can certainly use Spotify like I do and many others. What does it being bundled with a bundle you chose to subscribe to have to do with anything? You can subscribe to iCloud without Apple Music if you want. It's cheaper.