jameskatt2

zone said:

Doomed...

Spotify is doomed.

First, Spotify hardly makes money.

Second, Congress just passed a law that will TRIPLE the amount of money music streamers have to pay for music to artists and copyright owners of the music. Spotify will HURT a lot.

A big reason is that Spotify pays for the music it streams to its FREE users - half of its users. It will now have to pay TRIPLE. 

foggyhill said:

boltsfan17 said:

badmonk said:

Apple has time.  Apple will wait.  Apple has the integration that counts, the iPhone.

Spotify actually has more integration than Apple Music. You can get Spotify pretty much on anything these days. 

That's not what integration means and you know it, an app is not "integration".

Actually, let him believe that integration means Spotify plays on nearly anything these days. That is actually better for Apple since Apple doesn't have a monopoly. 

CheeseFreeze said:

That’s what happens when you own a platform. You simply block competitors from having Siri integration, you advertise your own product, etc. It’s unfair competition and Spotify is defenseless, despite having a better app experience.

1. Siri integration for any App will occur once Apple releases an API that can be used by any App.

2. Spotify should make its own hardware if it wants to compete with hardware manufacturers in the hardware market.

gmgravytrain said:

Unfortunately, AppleMusic contributes very little to Apple's overall revenue, so it will still be considered a failure as far as Wall Street is concerned. AppleMusic should probably be offered on more platforms if they really want to boost membership. I wouldn't mind AppleMusic being available on Roku because I use that a lot. Of course, Apple is in the market of selling hardware, so they only want AppleMusic to be used on Apple devices. It might work for some but I'm not falling for it. We'll see if Apple's strategy works. Maybe it will, but it won't reach any market share percentage that Amazon services will reach. Apple will always be compared to front-runner Amazon.

Wrong.

Apple Music is part of the ecosystem that hugely supports the sales of Apple Hardware. Think about it: Despite having a small minority of all smartphone sales, personal computers and TV devices, Apple Music has more than HALF of Spotify's subscribers and is on track to overtake Spotify in some markets - particularly the United States.

Apple Music's users are more educated and wealthier than Spotify's users. They end up spending more on Apple products including Apple Apps.

Apple Music is part of Apple's Services Division which is now as big as a DOW 100 company.  The Services Devision is growing faster than the other parts of Apple - including the iPhone. And it now makes more money than the entire World Wide Movies market. 

Vellum is worth its price easily.

First, if you have someone ghostwrite a book for you, another to format it into Kindle format, and another to format it for CreateSpace printing, a book is going to cost you at least $300 - for one book.

So in comparison, Vellum for unlimited book formatting is worth its price.