Spotify has been doomed from the start

Re:Spotify has been doomed from the start by calebegg on Sunday June 14, 2015 @08:43AM (#9714686)

During the WWDC keynote, Apple claimed that Apple Maps had 3.5x the usage of "the next most used mapping app" (probably Google Maps), for whatever that's worth.

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Re:Spotify has been doomed from the start by patsplat on Sunday June 14, 2015 @09:03AM (#9714739)

Gotta admire their spin on "one fifth of our users went to the trouble of replacing a core OS feature"

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Re:Spotify has been doomed from the start by inthewoods on Sunday June 14, 2015 @08:26PM (#9716839)

How do you get ton one fifth of our users? Just trying to understand your math.

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Re:Spotify has been doomed from the start by patsplat on Monday June 15, 2015 @10:06AM (#9719317)

Assumed that Google Maps plus Apple Maps usage ~= 100% iOS users.

1 + 3.5 = 4.5

1 / 4.5 = 22.2%

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Re:Spotify has been doomed from the start by revelation on Sunday June 14, 2015 @09:00AM (#9714733)

Since this is from WWDC, they probably counted every Apple Maps API call and compared that to GM app uses for over 5 minutes.

It's WWDC, its the keynote, its full with outrageous statistics like the many performance claims.

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Re:Spotify has been doomed from the start by Oletros on Sunday June 14, 2015 @08:49AM (#9714696)

On iOS, not globally

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Re:Spotify has been doomed from the start by mcintyre1994 on Sunday June 14, 2015 @08:57AM (#9714725)

I'm actually surprised their lead is that small - maybe transit directions will stop people using Google maps on iOS though. I wonder if that's the preinstalled app the most people would replace if they could though.

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