What does Britney Spears think?
We all know she doesn't![]()
leave britney alone!
What does Britney Spears think?
We all know she doesn't![]()
Ah, so if the the restaraunt down your street decides to promote themselves by offering free sandwiches for lunch one day, they should in turn demand that the suppliers who supply them with the bread and the meat should give it to them for free for that promotion.
Urgh, the amount of apologists in this thread makes my skin crawl.
There's no way to defend Apple not paying artists for using their content to promote Apple's own service. It's not about 'cancelling the trial', or "Greedy artists' etc. it's about Apple stumping the bill the content creators deserve.
Stop being such tools and realise Apple's pulling a major douche move.
It should be a loss leader for Apple's music service not the Artists. Apple's not taking any loss. They're giving away the Artist's property for free.
Taylor Swift is not talking about her own income. She is sticking up for Independent Artists who have no voice when dealing with multi-billion dollar corporations.
Apple's services are only to sell devices of which the Artists get no share. Apple makes money off the devices not the services. You can't stream music out of thin air. You need a device.
Just because my neighbor's car is sitting unused doesn't mean I can use it for free or give it away.
Analogies are dangerous... but if we used your restaurant/supplier analogy, it'd more akin to all the suppliers struggling and the world's largest restaurant chain saying, hey, we have a plan to turn things around, but we need to get a LOT of consumers hooked and paying for our sandwiches instead of making them at home.
Actually... If you were trying to start a lobster subscription service which would definitely increase the long-term amount of lobster paid for and consumed in the world... it would be completely reasonable to ask the fisherman (who will ultimately benefit VERY MUCH in the long term from increased revenue) to provide the lobster for that party for free.
Hope that helps you understand loss-leaders.
Country music, for me, is better than modern pop music. Autotune is everywhere in pop, not so much in country. Artists like Carrie Underwood are worth 10 pop artists, easily.
You're missing the point. People here are upset because the artists are not being paid. All I'm saying is if you want the artists paid so badly then skip the free trial and start a paid subscription. Of course it doesn't make sense for somebody to ditch the trial. But if they want the artists paid then pay them themselves since they are the ones listening to the music.
I've a 6+ 128GBs I don't care about apple music or spotify. I just torrent everything.
Not if you started the lobster subscription service to make money off selling hardware claw/shell crackers to eat the lobster. Apple is a device manufacturer. They make their money off devices (see their annual 10K income statement). The services are a loss leader to sell devices. The fishermen get no income from the sale of hardware claw/shell crackers (ie devices).Actually... If you were trying to start a lobster subscription service which would definitely increase the long-term amount of lobster paid for and consumed in the world... it would be completely reasonable to ask the fishermen (who will ultimately benefit VERY MUCH in the long term from increased revenue) to provide the lobster for that party for free.
Analogies are dangerous... but if we used your restaurant/supplier analogy, it'd more akin to all the suppliers struggling and the world's largest restaurant chain saying, hey, we have a plan to turn things around, but we need to get a LOT of consumers hooked and paying for our sandwiches instead of making them at home.
And because changing consumer behavior is one of the most difficult things to do, we think the best way to do that is to offer our wide variety of sandwiches for free for 3 months so they get used to the larger selection and convenience of buying them. We'll spend billions to add more locations, upgrade our kitchens, train staff and spend millions to promote it and pay thousands of our employees to make and serve the sandwiches every day for 3 months. All we ask is that you do your fair share and supply the ingredients for 3 months. If it all works out, we'll eventually get a predictable, recurring revenue stream that far surpasses what we make today and it will lift the entire supply chain.
So you traffic in stolen property?I've a 6+ 128GBs I don't care about apple music or spotify. I just torrent everything.
Out of curiosity, and because I genuinely do not know, does Spotify pay artists during their free trial period? Or Tidal? Or any other subscription service?
Then you really ARE missing the point. I'm not saying for anyone to sign up for Apple as if they are the only game in town. People most certainly can go to a competing company. The issue at hand is people HERE are complaining that Apple should pay the artists during the 3 month period. I'm saying if you want these artists paid then PAY THEM YOURSELVES by way of paying for Music or any other service. Plain and simple. I don't know how much clearer I can be with that. It's about principles.I don't think I'm missing the point. You are telling people to call apple to skip the free trial but what you are ignoring is that there are a ton of competing companies out there....so why would someone call Apple when they can just speak there opinion by giving a competing service there money? Also - Why would someone want to pay for a service whose policies they don't agree with?
I really like Taylor Swift, but she needs to stick to what she does best.
Could you please rephrase that? Your post isn't clear.Sure. But how many artists, when comped something, say" No, let me pay for its the producer gets some cash?"
But the indie artists cannot survive without that paycheck sometimes.