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Report Claims Apple Considering Apple Music Price Drop

Apple has the financial firepower to ruin Spotify just by cutting their profits on Music to the bone or even running at a loss because they can make up the money elsewhere. Spotify has nowhere to go... apparently they aren't even making money :/

Even if Apple do slash their prices I won't jump ship. Competition is important and Spotify have given me great service now as a premium subscriber for years now - so I won't be jumping ship.
 
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dp05 said:
I honestly don't understand the appeal of streaming music.

It drives up your data usage when you're not on a WiFi network.

Can't use it on a plane or anywhere else where there's no cell service or WiFi available.

I have to listen to songs I probably don't care for.

You have to pay a monthly subscription to listen to music. If you like a song, buy it for a buck and it's yours forever.
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1.- You don't? You need to go out more. Seriously.

2.- No it doesn't.

3.- Yes you can, if you download the music before.

4.- That is insane and stupid. NO ONE forces you to listen anything you don't want. NO ONE.

5.- Yeah, 30 million songs you wouldn't have access to otherwise.

Seriously, do you even read what you type?
 
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Chicane-UK said:
Apple has the financial firepower to ruin Spotify just by cutting their profits on Music to the bone or even running at a loss because they can make up the money elsewhere. Spotify has nowhere to go... apparently they aren't even making money :/

Even if Apple do slash their prices I won't jump ship. Competition is important and Spotify have given me great service now as a premium subscriber for years now - so I won't be jumping ship.
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Yes, Spotify is great, especially the generosity of their free service. And it's platform independent. Also they have introduced videos (in many countries, not all) without a price increase.
 
Dekema2 said:
I have a Spotify student subscription which leaves me with enough money to buy vinyl.
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Vinyl records. They have giant album artwork, lyrics, etc. and are lossless 99.9% of the time.
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Until they get scratched. I remember the days of vinyl and have no desire to go back.

Have you ever tried to listen to a vinyl record while jogging?
 
I'm tempted to drop Apple music completely and just buy the songs via iTunes. I seem to be listening to the same things mostly so for me i think subscription does not make sense.
 
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They won't lower the price.
They lately introduced the 1 year card for 99$ which translates into 8,25$ per month.
Why would they lower the monthly price below this rate!?
 
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macs4nw said:
"In May, Digital Music News reported that Apple planned on ending iTunes Music downloads within two years, eliciting a specific "not true" response from Apple. A month later, Digital Music News reported that new sources had come forward claiming that Apple would end music downloads in the future, and that the company would debut a new version of iTunes at WWDC that would make it easy for the company to do so."

That'll be a sad day, and when that comes to pass, we'll then have to find another way to "own" and enjoy our music, without having to depend on some internet provider and remote server.
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Vinyl? :p
 
Don't get me wrong, as pointed out earlier, I'd totally support a price drop!
But how is that possible on their side? I remember the articles on MR about the negotiations with music labels on price structures and tiers, and, iirc, the upshot was that 9.99$ was the minimum they could possibly go for...
What has changed since that renders this price drop possible?
 
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I'm looking to drop Apple Music, and switch to Spotify, not because of price, but because my kids use Spotify and why not get that family plan. I offered Apple Music and they just looked at me weird. Kind of sad, because Apple has the largest music library, but I think getting to the music they want is the issue.
 
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Are there people who really will not join for $10 but will join if it was $8?
does $2 really affect them that much?
 
MacBH928 said:
Are there people who really will not join for $10 but will join if it was $8?
does $2 really affect them that much?
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$2 from this service, $2 from that service, $2 from the tax, $2 from that insurance, $2 from this rent....

With this thought out example we can scrape together $120 extra a year. That's enough to pay for a plane ticket. I wouldn't say no to a free plane ticket, would you?
 
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My son has a student discount on a Spotify account. Apple does not offer its student discount for the school my son attends (he is in high school, not university). So Spotify is his service of choice. I suspect he will remain loyal to them as he progresses in school regardless of at some point likely also qualifying for an Apple student discount. Most of his friends also subscribe to Spotify for the same reason.
 
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should it apply to worldwide apple music users?
for example i use apple music in israel and the price is 19.90₪ (New Israeli Shekel) which is equal to 5.186$
 
toukale said:
For years I spent between $50-60 a year buying $.99 singles I like. I refuse to pay more than that a year just for renting music, $4.99 should be the price if you ask me. The crazy thing is folks in China are paying less than $20 a year for their subscription. Those of us in the US are subsidizing everyone else, which is bs if you ask me.
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Not really. Prices in euros and british pounds are higher (even before tax is added). Europeans are subsidising Americans, in fact.
 
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If they do drop the price, I will gladly come back (I'm with Spotify now).

I honestly don't see Spotify being able to drop the price for Premium if they wanted to price match Apple. Especially with the fact that they're still operating at a loss.
 
Hopefully, this will have a residual effect and cause Google Music to match its prices.

I watch alot of Youtube and having commercial-free, offline & background playback included w/ all-you-can eat streaming at $9.99 was already a fair deal. $7.99 would be awesome.

I don't use Siri very much, so its a no-brainer for me.
 
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macs4nw said:
That'll be a sad day, and when that comes to pass, we'll then have to find another way to "own" and enjoy our music, without having to depend on some internet provider and remote server.
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I'm sure there will be other companies still offering digital downloads who will be happy to take your money. Otherwise, these things are still widely available and often work out a lot cheaper than buying from iTunes...

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Happy for a price drop, one I doubt Tidal or spotify can match, the question is what happens if or when the competition goes bust, apple has the warchest to win a price war in the short term.
 
To be fair i don't mind paying the current £9.99 a month, of course if they drop the price i will take it :D but i think the current price is also good, it works that if you listen to 1 new album a month you are getting your value from it (considering that most albums are now £9.99 to buy from places such as ASDA) most people listen to more than that anyway (i know i do).
 
Fzang said:
$2 from this service, $2 from that service, $2 from the tax, $2 from that insurance, $2 from this rent....

With this thought out example we can scrape together $120 extra a year. That's enough to pay for a plane ticket. I wouldn't say no to a free plane ticket, would you?
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I agree with the OP, is $2 really that much to make a difference? My thought is that, if comes to fruition, it is all perception and, as others mention, a shot and devaluing other services to the point of breaking them. Considering all the guff we gave microsoft when they were bundling IE for free to drive Netscape off the cliff, it could be viewed as a dastardly move of the big guy having the financial dollars to beat up the little guy/upstarts. A world of only Apple/Google/Amazon/Microsoft sounds pretty bleak to me. But there will always be market disrupters out there, so that world will never come to be, IMHO.
As to your example, it does not hold water because no one is talking about all the other goods and services you mention. If everything goes down in cost, we can assume deflation has occurred and money has become more valuable. If so that plane ticket just went up in relative cost in balance with the money you "saved" elsewhere, so you are at break even. Otherwise stated, you just might as well contrive your long lost uncle also leaving you a million dollars along with your other hypotheticals; it would be just as relevant. ;-)
 
less $ will be great - I love the new Apple music!!!!! I listen to Apple music more than I watch Netflix - so even at the current price it's a bargain.
 
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