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Re:Microsoft to Bring Spotify to Groove Music Pass Customers by ArchReaper on Monday October 02, 2017 @06:12PM (#15388401)
Maybe I just live under a rock, but this is actually the first time I've heard of Groove music. I don't know if that's saying more about me or MS' marketing department.
Re:Microsoft to Bring Spotify to Groove Music Pass Customers by cjsuk on Monday October 02, 2017 @06:31PM (#15388531)
Groove Music is the label attached to the state of disappointment that teenagers suffer when their parents buy their first smartphone as an affordable choice. They wanted Apple Music but it didn’t happen because they got a Lumia.

Apparently it’s on Windows 10 but everyone just installs iTunes or Spotify much like no one gives a shit about Edge and just installs chrome these days.

That says more about the platform than you or their marketing. The whole thing is rotting from the outside in.

Re:Microsoft to Bring Spotify to Groove Music Pass Customers by vile on Tuesday October 03, 2017 @12:07AM (#15390063)
The popularity of tech is almost entirely shaped by marketing, something which is Microsoft's weak spot.
Re:Microsoft to Bring Spotify to Groove Music Pass Customers by cjsuk on Tuesday October 03, 2017 @07:15AM (#15391586)
It's really not. The discard rate of MSFT tech is pretty high. The amount of times I've seen people discard their WP handset decrying it as a "fucking pile of unreliable broken shit" is quite ridiculous.