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How much Spotify cost in the states? As a Swede it costs 99kr which is more than $9. I use Groove and that costs $9 which translates to about 79kr or something like that. It's 20% cheaper for a little less content and a not as good client. The lesser price alone makes the service worth it.
"If you’re an iOS user, it’ll cost more, with the company charging $12.99 for signups to account for Apple’s mandatory 30 percent cut." I'd be a little surprised if Apple will allow them to do this. It's kind of like credit card companies requiring stores to charge the same price regardless of if you use the credit card (which has fees) instead of cash (which doesn't). Charging different prices is a negative signal f…
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it's $9.99 not $12. 125m tracks vs 30m (of Spotify) + offline listening (same with Spotify) + no ads makes it a killer proposition!
125m tracks made mostly by guys dinking around with Ableton in their bedroom vs 30m tracks from artists you might actually have heard of. Whatever the proposition in pure numbers is doesn't matter when your experience will suck.
$12 a month seems a little steep. Especially when compared to Apple Music and Spotify.
it's $9.99 not $12. 125m tracks vs 30m (of Spotify) + offline listening (same with Spotify) + no ads makes it a killer proposition!
If an artist is on Spotify, great, I'll listen to their songs a bunch and they'll make a little money off of me. If it's a group I haven't heard much of before and they're good, I'll probably get more into them and end up seeing them when they tour in my area.
If they put themselves exclusively behind another service (cough Kanye West cough Tidal), I'll be forced to find other ways to listen to the album, which will likely be less than profitable for the artist.
How much Spotify cost in the states? As a Swede it costs 99kr which is more than $9. I use Groove and that costs $9 which translates to about 79kr or something like that. It's 20% cheaper for a little less content and a not as good client. The lesser price alone makes the service worth it.
But I actually love the Soundcloud interface, apparently others don't. Very simple, and the ability to move forwards and backwards within a track is so much better than on Google/Youtube's player.
If SoundCloud can offer the major label catalogs as well as all the indy and artist content that they have now, I'd very likely switch over.
I'm not holding my breath. Overtime SoundCloud releases something cool it's only available to people they invite and never seems to become available to everyone.
On top of that I just tried to signup for Go - not available in my country (UK) so I'm guessing, as usual, US only. Pretty sucky for a company based in Germany.
Can we please link to an article that doesn't have an egregious pop-up that blocks my screen every two paragraphs? This isn't an exclusive article or subject. Even the AP has a write-up: http://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/wireStory/soundcloud-exp...
I was really hoping that they wouldn't have to pivot into competing with Spotify (somewhat indirectly, although that is TBD depending on what deals they've signed). Here's hoping that the mention of an indie library hints towards a more interesting slant on what exactly subscribers get access to. For example, it would be cool if there was a way to monetise un-signed or newly-signed artists rather than mainstream Spot…
why doesn't any music service come up with a less expensive price plan? I would like to try one, but am pretty sure I would not use it so much as to justify paying 10$ (or £) per month. How about a less expensive plan with limited features (e.g. only n hours of music per month)?