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Re:Spotify calls Apple's DMA compliance plan 'extortion''com... by tgv on Saturday January 27, 2024 @11:50AM (#39157142)
> Or should they just jack up their subscription rates?

Why do you have to make that sound so dismissive? Is it that bad to let people pay a pittance for what they use?

Re:Spotify calls Apple's DMA compliance plan 'extortion''com... by caymanjim on Saturday January 27, 2024 @12:05PM (#39157337)
People won't pay more, or they'd already charge more. Especially when it's trivial to pirate. The only reason people started paying for music after about 20 years of rampant piracy is that streaming came along and offered a better user experience than loading up your phone or MP3 player with files that you had to download and organize yourself. It's easier to pay $10/mo than deal with that. But if the price goes much higher, people will either find technical solutions that make piracy easier (e.g. sonarr and better media apps) or they'll stick with free tiers and put up with ads.
Re:Spotify calls Apple's DMA compliance plan 'extortion''com... by adrr on Saturday January 27, 2024 @12:07PM (#39157365)
We could always go back to the time before streamers where everyone just illegally downloaded their music.