He doesn’t care if Spotify goes down under - he is only worried that they would have to reduce their price to compete.
Apple pays nearly double to artists what Spotify does. They have more room to negotiate as they add more members.
He doesn’t care if Spotify goes down under - he is only worried that they would have to reduce their price to compete.
That would be illegal. Predatory pricing is illegal under anti-trust laws that exist today.That's not at all what he said. What was actually said was that Spotify is in a dangerous place because they have nothing other than streaming to offer. If something happens tomorrow and Apple or Amazon drop the price of their streaming service to $1.00 a month, Spotify is out of business. Google, Amazon, and Apple would live on, as they have something else to offer. Spotify doesn't.
Iovine has been in the business a long time and understands it. It's a business that has seen a lot of change in recent years and throughout history. Betting everything on streaming remaining the only way is a fools bet. It'd be much smarter to place bets in more than just a single place.
Is iTunes ever going to support FLAC? I have stuff from Tidal (that isn’t available in iTunes) I’d love to import into iTunes but converting FLAC files to the iTunes equivalent is a pain.
Not entirely true, as radio stations do not play music 'for free', but artist gets compensated. Legendary are stories like those of the members from 70s band Slade who still earn a nice income from their Christmas hit back in the day that now is still popular on retro stations.
But as an artist you could make an income from actually selling your music on physical media and that option disappeared.
Hes trolling or just has no idea haha BRING BACK THE CD DRIVES! #MacbookPro1018The only part of the industry that "needs saving" are the producers and labels who got rich by acting as gatekeepers to what was, in the past, an expensive product to produce, distribute, market, and sell. In 2017, that is no longer the case, and we should all be content with letting that industry die.
It is incredibly easy for musicians to make, record, and distribute music these days. For MOST musicians, the industry has never been better. It is worse ONLY for those lucky few (VERY few) who were allowed into the big boys club in the past.
The idea of going back to physical media is simply laughable. Are you trolling?
That would be illegal. Predatory pricing is illegal under anti-trust laws that exist today.
That would be illegal. Predatory pricing is illegal under anti-trust laws that exist today.
If Spotify's business model is not sustainable, let them be. I mean the market will decide in the end.
I personally am disappointed that consumers are gratifying into streaming music. We have worked so hard to get legal non-DRM music, yet now people are willingly adopting vendor specific DRMed music in the form of streaming music.
If you buy every album that comes out every month, then by all means go with spotify. Do note that you don't actually own anything and you are simply paying for radio. When you actually want to own certain tracks, you are paying extra.The thing is one month of service costs less than 1 album. I no longer have to manage any of my own library or buy albums. i can get anything / any time for $8/mo. Thats reasonable
Apple pays nearly double to artists what Spotify does. They have more room to negotiate as they add more members.
The only part of the industry that "needs saving" are the producers and labels who got rich by acting as gatekeepers to what was, in the past, an expensive product to produce, distribute, market, and sell. In 2017, that is no longer the case, and we should all be content with letting that industry die.
It is incredibly easy for musicians to make, record, and distribute music these days. For MOST musicians, the industry has never been better. It is worse ONLY for those lucky few (VERY few) who were allowed into the big boys club in the past.
The idea of going back to physical media is simply laughable. Are you trolling?
That would be the idea, and yes, current consumer technology allows almost anybody to try their best into making and distributing their own music. However, in reality, the consumers still prefer the "music" that the mainstream labels feed them with. There are many independent artists out there, but they are drowned out by the marketing machines of the big boys.The only part of the industry that "needs saving" are the producers and labels who got rich by acting as gatekeepers to what was, in the past, an expensive product to produce, distribute, market, and sell. In 2017, that is no longer the case, and we should all be content with letting that industry die.
It is incredibly easy for musicians to make, record, and distribute music these days. For MOST musicians, the industry has never been better. It is worse ONLY for those lucky few (VERY few) who were allowed into the big boys club in the past.
The idea of going back to physical media is simply laughable. Are you trolling?
Was Netflix losing money every single quarter with no real plan for profit?
Well, Spotify are still here and increasing their customer base last I read. So I don’t think your opinion on their being no plan for profit is accurate...
I think that sums up why an Apple exec is trying to bring down their main competitor. Don’t believe a word if it. Apple just wants that market share and to kill the competition anyway it can.
Let me ask you a serious question. If free users are costing more than they bring in and Spotify isn’t wanting to stop having free users, what’s the plan?
Well considering they are still in business and growing and have been for a few years now, I expect Spotify have a plan you don’t understand or know off, because they are still here, evidence what they are doing is working.
Im not going to be naive enough to second guess a business that is still trading successfully. If they go bust, then we can talk.
Amazon has a streaming music service you can pay for.
https://www.amazon.com/gp/dmusic/promotions/AmazonMusicUnlimited