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Re:Spotify will now suspend or terminate accounts it finds a... by enraged_camel on Friday February 08, 2019 @10:54AM (#19115338)
Because non-paying customers have the potential to become paying ones.
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Re:Spotify will now suspend or terminate accounts it finds a... by mynameisvlad on Friday February 08, 2019 @11:23AM (#19115695)
But without some incentive to do so, they won't. If they're already getting around basically one of the biggest dealbreakers for the Free tier (the ads), then there isn't really incentive to pay 9.99 a month when they're already getting essentially the same service for free.
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Re:Spotify will now suspend or terminate accounts it finds a... by umanwizard on Friday February 08, 2019 @11:15AM (#19115584)
Plenty of businesses don't give away free samples, and survive fine.
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Re:Spotify will now suspend or terminate accounts it finds a... by fucking_tragedy on Friday February 08, 2019 @03:38PM (#19118416)
Obviously Spotify sees value in offering a free tier to their service.
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Re:Spotify will now suspend or terminate accounts it finds a... by umanwizard on Friday February 08, 2019 @04:12PM (#19118714)
Yes, the value is that they make money from it through ads.
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Re:Spotify will now suspend or terminate accounts it finds a... by fastball on Friday February 08, 2019 @04:25PM (#19118841)
*most businesses.
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