Re:Spotify, Ever the Fans of Openness
by matheusmoreira on Tuesday October 13, 2020 @01:36AM
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I am absolutely sure that searching and downloading/streaming music would be a standard feature of every music player out there were it not for copyright.
Spotify's real innovation is not music streaming. That technology is not new in any way. The real innovation is the fact it somehow obtained the licenses necessary to legally stream the music people wanted to listen to.
Re:Spotify, Ever the Fans of Openness
by evan_ on Tuesday October 13, 2020 @03:45AM
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Which is why the criticism that they “don’t care about music” is so silly- that’s not the thing you make money by caring about. They cared about legal stuff.
Spotify's real innovation is not music streaming. That technology is not new in any way. The real innovation is the fact it somehow obtained the licenses necessary to legally stream the music people wanted to listen to.