SiriusXM buys Pandora for $3.5 billion

Re:SiriusXM buys Pandora for $3.5 billion by sigstoat on Monday September 24, 2018 @01:22PM (#18059503)

> I think Sirus only makes money off the folks who forget to cancel after the promotional period. It’s like $20 a month and I’ve forgot to do it my self for a couple months.

they don't really have an ongoing per-customer costs, right?

so long as they extract the all the money you're willing to pay them, be it $20 or $90, that's fine. i expect they worry more about total customer count.

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Re:SiriusXM buys Pandora for $3.5 billion by izzydata on Monday September 24, 2018 @01:50PM (#18059757)

Audible has a similar ridiculous thing going on. At any point you can cancel your $15 a month subscription and they will ask if you want to pay $7 instead. Anyone with this knowledge can easily get the service for $7 forever. Or you can start infinite trials and get infinite free books.

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Re:SiriusXM buys Pandora for $3.5 billion by steve19 on Monday September 24, 2018 @05:25PM (#18061597)

Can you explain I more detail how I can get cheaper audible?

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Re:SiriusXM buys Pandora for $3.5 billion by Karunamon on Monday September 24, 2018 @06:24PM (#18062000)

Go through the cancellation flow on the website. You’ll be offered a coupon before the final step.

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Re:SiriusXM buys Pandora for $3.5 billion by koolba on Monday September 24, 2018 @01:32PM (#18059595)

They probably have per user pricing with some of the content sources so there would be some cost.

There is also the cost of having a call center contact deal with the renewal every 6 months. 20 min on the phone costs at least a couple bucks.

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