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Re:Apple Music Classical by pwinnski on Tuesday March 28, 2023 @11:01AM (#35342198)
People who care deeply about classical music will use this even at the same or higher cost than Spotify's now-inferior product.

People who don't care at all about classical music won't use this at any price.

People who like classical sometimes but don't listen to it exclusively should be happy that neither costs extra, both are included in the normal price.

I'm not seeing any market opportunity for charging a lower amount for this service separately.

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Re:Apple Music Classical by JumpCrisscross on Tuesday March 28, 2023 @01:14PM (#35344448)
> People who care deeply about classical music will use this even at the same or higher cost than Spotify's now-inferior product

I care deeply about classical music. But I'm already in Spotify's ecosystem, and don't want to bother with the switching cost. I would absolutely pay an add-on for Classical only, but don't want to pay for the whole Apple Music bundle.

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Re:Apple Music Classical by 8ytecoder on Tuesday March 28, 2023 @03:22PM (#35346439)
Switching cost is trivial with apps like SongShift. In any case, Apple want you whole not just bits and pieces. Before you know it you’ll upgrade to Apple One.
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Re:Apple Music Classical by therealdrag0 on Tuesday March 28, 2023 @04:11PM (#35347118)
I used soundiiz to migrate from Spotify to YouTube music (since it’s included in YT premium). Cost 5$ and was painless.
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