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Re:Spotify has been doomed from the start by sirn on Sunday June 14, 2015 @09:26AM (#9714795)
> I saw very little in Apple's offering that was differentiated from Spotify

There is one big difference: Apple Music will be available in my country.

Apple's ability to launch 100 countries (as stated in WWDC) within a year is probably their biggest strong point. Combine that with the three months free usage, I'm more than sure all my non-tech friends will at least be trying it out once it is available.

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Re:Spotify has been doomed from the start by inthewoods on Sunday June 14, 2015 @08:17PM (#9716814)
Great point - that is definitely a key difference and one that opens a huge number of markets if they can pull it off.
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