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Re:I ditched Spotify and set up my own music stack by mathgeek on Thursday September 04, 2025 @09:34PM (#45134194)
This is still rent seeking behavior in an industry that pivoted from a live services and paid ownership model.
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Re:I ditched Spotify and set up my own music stack by coldtea on Friday September 05, 2025 @09:42AM (#45138476)
Nothing wrong with rent-seeking when you actually offer something people want, it's optional, and you don't force them with bait-and-switch (all of which are cases of the bad rent-seeking).

Renting a house is rent-seeking too, for example.

Switching Adobe to a subscription service, on the other hand...

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Re:I ditched Spotify and set up my own music stack by lucyjojo on Friday September 05, 2025 @10:53AM (#45139277)
how is that rent-seeking?

they actually contribute to the song.

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Re:I ditched Spotify and set up my own music stack by BobaFloutist on Friday September 05, 2025 @11:36AM (#45139792)
I don't think you can call it rent seeking when it's both completely nonessential and 100% the fruit of their labors. If anything, Spotify is rent-seeking.
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