Why didn't apple just liscense Pandora's algorithms for Genius

[badmac78]

I'm really wondering why Apple didn't go as far as to leverage Pandora's process for identifying music. I prefer Pandora than the tags used in some music.

[superspiffy]

I'm really wondering why Apple didn't go as far as to leverage Pandora's process for identifying music. I prefer Pandora than the tags used in some music.

I've never used Pandora but what does it have over Genius?