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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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