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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.