Tried a free trial of Apple Music and caught myself opening Spotify more often.
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Apple Increases Apple Music Subscription Price for Students in Several Countries
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My two university kids do NOT use Apple Music. They use Spotify.
I don't know why but they do.
Is it currently possible to use apple music with an iPhone that has an different apple id ?
Background:
I use Spotify as Brazilian user (but actually I am in Germany). So I save like 8€ per Month.
I would love to defraud apple in the same way.
Background:
I use Spotify as Brazilian user (but actually I am in Germany). So I save like 8€ per Month.
I would love to defraud apple in the same way.
Spotify has the superior recommendation engine.
Everyone contributes to a pool of money. The amount you pay is not allotted to you alone. You subsidize those who use more than you. Otherwise, your fee would probably be much more. And of course, we are subsidizing the students who pay much less. If they were paying their fair share, we would be paying less.
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Why aren’t they increasing prices across the board? Why target only students?
Maybe because that’s where their profit margin is smallest
Blame the greedy musicians who over value their contributions.
I would like to point out that going from $1.50 to $2.00 is a 33% raise. That is not what I'd consider a "slight increase"!
Yes, it's only 50¢ in absolute terms, but I don't have a good sense of what is standard in these countries.
Yes, it's only 50¢ in absolute terms, but I don't have a good sense of what is standard in these countries.
There are lots of broke people who are not students, yet they have to pay $9.99. Never understood the logic of "student discounts". Students aren't the only ones on fixed incomes (all the while paying tens of thousands to go to school each semester).
And are students carrying a $1000+ phone actually "broke"?
Future (valuable) customers. Graduates tend to have higher living standards than non-academic peers
If that's true, Apple should offer everyone a 4 year, half-price subscription with the promise that we might sign up for the full price product at the end of 4 years.
Given the inflation (soon stagflation) and the tech companies stock blows I expect everyone to be increasing prices for everything. US is having worst inflation in awhile and that means Apple costs going up and their prices will go up.
How is it "quietly" if they sent out emails informing their customers?
Anybody here voting with their wallet and signing up for a competitor streaming music service that offers better value?
Yeah, that's what I thought. Another day, another whine.
Yeah, that's what I thought. Another day, another whine.
Is it 'silent' because the emails they sent don't make any noise? 
I saved a fortune by just going back to buying my music through iTunes. That is once I repaired my library after leaving Apple Music completely obliterated it and carpet bombed half my previously purchased albums. Streaming is great for finding new content but anyone holding their purse strings tightly would be better served just buying an album from time-to-time. As per Netflix and the like, streaming services are a mug’s game unless you have money to burn and like renting stuff that you‘ll lose access to if you stop paying.
That would be interesting to know. I would guess different artists may negotiate different deals, based on their popularity.
That is an interesting behavioral vs rational economic schools argument. It's 50¢, whether you go from 1.50 to 2.00 or 10.00 to 10.50; the end cost is the same; the percentage is irrelevant to the actual financial impact.
Still peopel focus on % often when making decisions. Someone will often drive a lot further to save $5 on a $10 item and not care about saving $5 on a $1000 item, when the net impact is the same. Such anomalies are useful when marketting items; and writing papers on economics.
Tim didn't hold a "special event."
OK, but when each track played is worth a fraction of a penny, $10 is a lot and I doubt anyone is playing that much music to use up their full monthly amount that it needs other people’s monthly payments
I understand the concept of insurance, but music streaming is different as I doubt anyone uses their $10 in full that other people’s $10 are needed, considering how little is paid per track played