> They decided not to pay artists for a trial period... Small nit to pick on this one, but presumably Apple had negotiated this with the artists' labels. My (t

> They decided not to pay artists for a trial period... Small nit to pick on this one, but presumably Apple had negotiated this with the artists' labels. My (totally unfounded) assumption is that record labels saw the return on Apple Music being better/more consistent than album sales, and worth foregoing those initial three months of revenue. > ... they've decided websites don't deserve to advertise. I think that we're only seeing adblockers this late in Mobile Safari's lifecycle because advertisements have become such a pain point for users. I'd imagine that Apple saw an opportunity to make ads less intrusive, more consistent, and add them to their revenue stream in one move.