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Re:Spotify Will End Service in Uruguay Due to Bill Requiring... by ghaff on Thursday November 23, 2023 @02:42PM (#38396667)
I believe those are US units not revenues. So depending on how you count relevant consumers that’s actually close to 10 CDs per year per person.

Which puts music purchases in the rough ballpark of streaming which is probably not coincidental.

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Re:Spotify Will End Service in Uruguay Due to Bill Requiring... by scarface_74 on Thursday November 23, 2023 @03:44PM (#38397311)
That’s about 5 CDs per adult then.
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Re:Spotify Will End Service in Uruguay Due to Bill Requiring... by ghaff on Thursday November 23, 2023 @05:11PM (#38398179)
Yes. But most music purchases were probably people from about their late teens through about their 30s. So the relevant adult population is probably quite a bit smaller.

Point is you’re looking at on the order of $100 per year plus or minus.

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