From Napster to Spotify: How Music Piracy Shaped the Subscription Economy

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Post by javipas » Mon, Nov 17, 2025, 1:28 PM UTC

From Napster to Spotify: How Music Piracy Shaped the Subscription Economy
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Re: From Napster to Spotify: How Music Piracy Shaped the Subscription Economy

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Post by billy99k » Mon, Nov 17, 2025, 2:09 PM UTC

Lol. I predicted this would happen in the early 2000s, and I finally got to see it happen. Companies didn't want to deal with piracy anymore and made everything a service. The same thing has now happened with software.

The only think piracy has done is entrench big players and push out any small company from making a living. Bravo!!

Re: From Napster to Spotify: How Music Piracy Shaped the Subscription Economy

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Post by javipas » Mon, Nov 17, 2025, 2:49 PM UTC

billy99k wrote: post #2

Lol. I predicted this would happen in the early 2000s, and I finally got to see it happen. Companies didn't want to deal with piracy anymore and made everything a service. The same thing has now happened with software. The only think piracy has done is entrench big players and push out any small company from making a living. Bravo!!

In fact they didn't make just services: they made good services. It happened with Netflix or Spotify. For the first time ever, piracy was a worse option. Netflix and Spotify were convenient and affordable.

Then came enshittification, of course.