I did get the impression that he was referring to recreational listening at work, but ipedro's reply about DJing got me thinking.
Pacemaker indeed does let you access Spotify Premium to select songs, so one CAN use Spotify to DJ if one so chooses.
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Spotify Has Twice as Many Paid Subscribers as Apple Music
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I did get the impression that he was referring to recreational listening at work, but ipedro's reply about DJing got me thinking.
Pacemaker indeed does let you access Spotify Premium to select songs, so one CAN use Spotify to DJ if one so chooses.
But I won't be using either of these - or any other. I like my music my way.
And I am sorry that Bully James and his bunch won game 6 and 7. Officiating was terrible.
And I am sorry that Bully James and his bunch won game 6 and 7. Officiating was terrible.
I'm with Spotify right now, only because i was given 2 years of premium for free. After that I think I'll just go back to my stored iTunes library.
Offering a free tier trains people to think they are getting a better deal by putting up with ads.
There was a skit on Maya & Marty where a wealthy man had commissioned an android replica of his late wife. She looks exactly like the deceased woman, and knows a lot of intimate details about their life together. The salesperson tells the man that she learned it by studying the couple's FaceBook feed.
Suddenly the wife-bot shouts out the name and benefits of a random product. The salesperson apologizes, and said that she was set to ad-supported mode. The salesperson suggests helpfully that the ad-free version is a $20 upgrade.
"So how much is the ad-free version, all together?" asks the husband.
"Six billion and twenty dollars."
"I guess I could put up with a few ads," says the husband.
Well, I guess that depends on your definition of startup. In any case they are still rapidly growing.
And more importantly, the customer base is rising rapidly. That's how you do it: Grow your customer base first, then start focusing on monetization.
That affects Apple and the other streaming services just as well. And Spotify has the additional option of increasing the ad revenue of the free-tier subscribers.
Did they? Spotify started from scratch, where Apple already has a huge customer base and billions of dollars?
Logic fail continues.
Had Microsoft launched Spotify on everyone one of thier computers running a version of Windows with a three month trial , you might have a point.
How exactly were these Windows users going to be made aware that Spotify existed ......??
Apple did not have to create an ecosystem for Apple Music, 1 billion devices had it forced one them. HUGE advantage.
Yes many do not like subscriptions , but many also do not like the implementation of Apple Music, and are willing to sign up if it gets fixed.
The truth is, had Apple Music got it right, many of those 30 million with Spotify, would be with AM right now. They are with the better service right now.
You're right. They do but it's for "entertainment purposes only". If you want to play music as a professional DJ for an audience, you have to buy the license for each song or pay per play royalties. Of course, many amateur DJs don't do this and risk it but most major clubs will ban a DJ if they're found to be playing music illegally because it's the club who will get the massive fines for playing unlicensed music if caught.
Spotify is going to have to do something substantial to survive. As you said, they're running at a loss. Business hasn't been growing fast for them and more competition is coming along all the time.
I realize plenty here love Spotify but the sad truth is they posted loses of $195 million in 2015. While they may be able to survive right now even with such heavy losses, investors need to see continued growth or they will pull the plug. Without some big changes in the next year, Spotify isn't likely to last. Simply doing away with the free service won't be close to enough.
I was adamant that I would not switch to streaming music until the price was right, and to me $5 or even $10 per month were not the right price. Yet here I am, with a Spotify family membership.
At $15/month for 6 users, it's $2.50 per month per user. That price I can get behind.
I do wish Spotify had artist bios, and an overall better UI.
At $15/month for 6 users, it's $2.50 per month per user. That price I can get behind.
I do wish Spotify had artist bios, and an overall better UI.
Apple had to create an ecosystem to begin with. That took more than the time Spotify exists.
The free tier is great for consumers... but not for Spotify itself.
Apparently Spotify is losing money on the free customers which is what I was talking about.
Yes... people love free ad-supported content. But the company has to stay in business.
I like Spoitfy a lot. The only reason I don't use them is because I don't like their navigation. It should be Artist > Albums > songs on album, but its not.
I think younger people don't even want/have a library. I've abandoned trying to maintain a library of music. I quit putting music on my phone 6 years ago. It's much more convenient for us to stream it all. My beef with AM is I couldn't tell what was mine, or what was streaming, what was really on my phone, what was a playlist. I gave it the full 3 months before going back to Spotify. Also, my wife and I can share an 8 dollar subscription as long as we don't use the app concurrently.
AM was a beautiful looking app though, just hard to navigate and understand.