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mark fearing said:

Apple Music is just doing a better job at reaching and serving demand. That's it.

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lkrupp said:

Canada, for example, levies a 250% tariff on milk imported from the U.S. for the express purpose of protecting its dairy farmers from vastly more efficient and productive American dairy farmers.

Again, why is it a one-way street?

Oozing with growth hormones and antibiotics - you forgot the part where the vastly more efficient and productive American dairy products are oozing with growth hormones and antibiotics... 
You know, the stuff making people very sick and grossly obese and immune to antibiotics. 

Then there is the problem with insane over-production that has crashed market so low that there are no more small farmers - and the mega corporations dump over 50 MILLION gallons annually. 

Sooooo... massively overproduced toxic product that destroyed thousands of livelihood’s, sick and dying population, and an entire industry that can’t sustain itself - - - it’s a one-way street because US dairy is the Hwy of Death. 

Hey Mike, 
I totally disagree with your analysis of the number of people upgrading RAM. I know for a fact that number is much much higher. 

Apple charges 3x the price for RAM upgrades. Your numbers make sense when you look at the data Apple has - which shows people are smart enough to not order ram from Apple. 
I think a better way to determine the true number is to ask a company like OWC how business is? Determine their market share, extrapolate sales / new machines sold etc... 

I've upgraded the RAM on my own for every Mac I've ever owned (40-50 computers). 
On top of that, I've upgraded all of my friends Mac's with ram (100+ computers).
On top of that, I upgrade all of my clients computers with RAM or direct them to OWC (300+ computers).

Thats about 450 computers with upgraded RAM that Apple, or anyone else, has zero data on... and I'm just 1 guy. 
I have many peers who do the same for their friends and clients. 
I could easily estimate over 3000+ computers. 

I would argue the type of people answering your poll here are 'unlikely' to be upgraders. 
If you ran the same poll on Barefeats - it would probably be close to 100% upgrade their RAM on their own. 

ihatescreennames said:

Do these numbers even matter? What is important about the number of streams a particular service provided of a particular song? Isn’t the real concern the number of (paying) subscribers?

I think it's speaking to which service is more profitable for the artist / recording company. 
As artists look for more 'exclusive' releases etc... 

Step 1: Destroy peoples iTunes Libraries
Step 2: Make people dependent on iTunes downloads
Step 3: Discontinue iTunes downloads - force people to Apple Music subscriptions
Step 4: Vehemently defend class-action in court
Step 5: ROFL at morons who stick with Apple as a music source