Spotify opens on NYSE, valuing company at almost $30B

Re:Spotify opens on NYSE, valuing company at almost $30B by CodeMage on Tuesday April 03, 2018 @07:01PM (#16750231)

Yeah, it's already happening, that's why I brought it up. Right now it's not a huge problem, because it doesn't happen too often or on a large scale. Like you said, it's usually a couple of songs in a larger playlist.

Now, imagine the scenario comparable to what @bogomipz said above: "no Beatles, Pink Floyd, No Motown, No AC/DC". I'm betting all of us would be a lot more frustrated and irritated than we are right now. Maybe you won't do anything about it. Maybe I won't, either. But it sounds plausible that a lot of people will, whether they switch to a different service, come up with a solution of their own or simply revert to piracy.

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Re:Spotify opens on NYSE, valuing company at almost $30B by jehlakj on Tuesday April 03, 2018 @07:20PM (#16750362)

I’m curious. Do a lot of people actually use a single music streaming platform? As an avid music lover, I get my new doses from various services. Spotify is the only one that I pay for. I mainly use it to discover the latest mainstream stuff from genres I don’t typically listen to. But the Beatles? Come on, why isn’t that saved in your hard drive somewhere?

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Re:Spotify opens on NYSE, valuing company at almost $30B by wildmusings on Tuesday April 03, 2018 @07:51PM (#16750569)

Because it’s included in my Spotify subscription. Why would I pay ~200 dollars to “own” all the Beatles albums when music ownership is basically worthless?

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Re:Spotify opens on NYSE, valuing company at almost $30B by crummy on Tuesday April 03, 2018 @10:45PM (#16751480)

Why would I save music on my hard drive when I have music streaming services?

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Re:Spotify opens on NYSE, valuing company at almost $30B by bootlooped on Wednesday April 04, 2018 @04:11PM (#16758538)

I don't think most people are avid music lovers, and many people probably don't even use a computer for music at all, just their smartphone.

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Re:Spotify opens on NYSE, valuing company at almost $30B by bootlooped on Wednesday April 04, 2018 @12:44PM (#16756477)

I don't think they would switch to another service, because another service is likely to suffer from the same problems of rotating availability. The only service I know of that doesn't suffer from that is piracy, which I don't think people will go back to on any significant scale.

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