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Re:Fans quitting Spotify to save their love of music (2022) by ed_elliott_asc on Sunday March 24, 2024 @06:49AM (#39806333)
I’d guess that paying pm a few hundred thousand compared to increasing royalties by a single penny would pale in insignificance
Re:Fans quitting Spotify to save their love of music (2022) by siquick on Sunday March 24, 2024 @06:53AM (#39806350)
Of course. My point is that the app was “complete” a long time along yet they add more and more unnecessary features.
Re:Fans quitting Spotify to save their love of music (2022) by Cthulhu_ on Sunday March 24, 2024 @07:41AM (#39806554)
It's a conundrum, because stagnation is also not good. Shareholders expect results.
Re:Fans quitting Spotify to save their love of music (2022) by ghaff on Sunday March 24, 2024 @08:06AM (#39806688)
It is. The major music streaming players all have pretty much "everything" except niche stuff. (Spotify tried to differentiate with podcasts but it's probably fair to say that was fairly unsuccessful--or even a net negative for some.) And how much can you twiddle with the interface in ways that don't, on net, piss off at least some of your user base? And I would guess that pretty much everyone who is in the addressable market for music streaming at current market rates that are maybe breakeven with a tailwind already have it. (Which probably not coincidentally are in the ballpark of what people paid for music pre-streaming.)
Re:Fans quitting Spotify to save their love of music (2022) by from-nibly on Sunday March 24, 2024 @08:42AM (#39806863)
For apotify it's not even share holders anymore. They need to figure out how to survive at all. It's either flail their arms in a desperate attempt or just give in like jack on the titanic.
Re:Fans quitting Spotify to save their love of music (2022) by penjelly on Sunday March 24, 2024 @07:13AM (#39806435)
i disagree. Some of the new features are welcome imo. for ex: daylist and now searches can find songs by lyrics
Re:Fans quitting Spotify to save their love of music (2022) by nojvek on Monday March 25, 2024 @06:26AM (#39814493)
Searching is a core experience I agree. So is being able to organize/discover music.

There is still so much crap that isn’t core to the music experience.