I prefer DRM-free stores and musicians who release there.
Spotify is gaining leverage over record labels
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Re: Spotify is gaining leverage over record labels
#12Earlier quoted context omitted.
Access to scoops and leaks, which translate into articles that get page views, which translate into ad dollars, is an indirect way to pay off a journalist.
So by your logic they are 'bribing' the journalist and 'paying them off' by 'giving them a scoop'? Ergo - every decent news story amounts to 'bribery'? I think you bit your tongue on that one.
Is this not the main criticism leveled at big press outlets during Obama's administration? That they were too easy on reporting and justified it by saying you need to be to get the scoops.
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#13If anyone thinks Spotify has leverage over record labels, I would challenge you to compare Spotify's operating losses year over year VS. Apple Music's operating losses year over year.
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#14I prefer DRM-free stores and musicians who release there.
So do I, but the ones on Spotify sound a lot better. Unfortunately, I'd bet most people favor listening to the music they want over supporting the digital freedoms they endorse.
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#15Earlier quoted context omitted.
Access to scoops and leaks, which translate into articles that get page views, which translate into ad dollars, is an indirect way to pay off a journalist.
So by your logic they are 'bribing' the journalist and 'paying them off' by 'giving them a scoop'? Ergo - every decent news story amounts to 'bribery'? I think you bit your tongue on that one.
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#16I prefer DRM-free stores and musicians who release there.
I prefer the convenience of having access to an effectively unlimited music library, on demand, for a flat cost per month.
I can see how it would be a fun hobby to curate your own collection, but for me it's really hard to beat services like Spotify, Steam, Netflix - DRM or not.
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#17If anyone thinks Spotify has leverage over record labels, I would challenge you to compare Spotify's operating losses year over year VS. Apple Music's operating losses year over year.
Can you elaborate on that? What are their losses?
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#18This article is nonsense.
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#19This is nothing more than PR fluff. Spotify is in big trouble, as waging war with Apple is proving to be far more costly than they expected. I want to know how much Techcrunch got paid for this advertisement.
I don't have any real reason to believe so, but I doubt techcrunch would accept money straight up for an article.
You absolutely can buy your way on there. You pay a PR firm with a strong enough relationship with an editor to get anything on there.
This goes for traditional news orgs as well.
Re: Spotify is gaining leverage over record labels
#20I prefer DRM-free stores and musicians who release there.
I prefer the convenience of having access to an effectively unlimited music library, on demand, for a flat cost per month. I can see how it would be a fun hobby to curate your own collection, but for me it's really hard to beat services like Spotify, Steam, Netflix - DRM or not.
I like Netflix and Spotify, but dislike Steam.
I just find it different to rent me content transparently, eg Netflix and Spotify, versus rent-by-pretending-to-sell, eg Steam.
If you sell me something, I should be able to use and transfer it at my discretion without your permission. Steam, instead, leases you something on no fixed term and presumably without any guaranteed lifetime.