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Re:Apple Music on Track to Overtake Spotify in U.S. Subscribers by a012 on Sunday February 04, 2018 @11:50PM (#16306676)
This. Definitely, only Apple music and Tidal accept world wide subscribers. We (third world countries) also have internet and valid credit cards to buy whatever we want as like US citizens, what make others discriminate regions?
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Re:Apple Music on Track to Overtake Spotify in U.S. Subscribers by fnordsensei on Monday February 05, 2018 @12:56AM (#16306903)
Can't speak for Google or Apple, but I know that Spotify's entry into a country is largely dictated by rights holders. They themselves would like to offer everything to everyone, of course.
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Re:Apple Music on Track to Overtake Spotify in U.S. Subscribers by nasso on Monday February 05, 2018 @01:13AM (#16306960)
Its directed by spotifys ability to negotiate with rights holders.
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Re:Apple Music on Track to Overtake Spotify in U.S. Subscribers by EADGBE on Monday February 05, 2018 @01:10PM (#16310649)
I always considered most of these decisions to come from accounting/taxes/different currency.

Getting to play the "well what about digital rights" seems like a cop-out for the previously mentioned reasons. It would anyways in my accounting department.

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Re:Apple Music on Track to Overtake Spotify in U.S. Subscribers by dx034 on Monday February 05, 2018 @09:00AM (#16308735)
Not sure if the unavailability of Spotify in Botswana is due to right holders. Think it's just not high on their priority list.
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