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  • Review: Alpine's iLX-107 is the first, and best, aftermarket wireless CarPlay receiver

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    Yes, kind expensive but also a bit bummed that it doesn't have a rotary volume control. 
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  • Apple Music rival Spotify tops 140 million free & paid subscribers

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    ericthehalfbee said:
    I also still question the revenue they get from those "premium" subscriptions. I constantly see promotions where you get 6 months or 1 year of free Spotify Premium if you buy "insert product here".
    I'm getting Apple Music for two years as part of my cell plan. It's no more expensive than my last contract so someone's eating the cost somewhere. 

    Ive also still got Spotify for the reason noted above. It's just easier to use. 

     But I don't know how much vc money can continue to be tipped into this thing until the losses are enough. Profit from streaming seems pretty hard to do. 
    john.bwatto_cobra

  • Apple Music rival Spotify hits 50 million paid subscribers

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    ericthehalfbee said:
    foggyhill said:
    There is a lot of bullshit in there. I'm theoretically paying for Spotify (It was a promotion which was part of my phone plan), yet I'm not paying a cent directly, probably pad by my own phone company as a marketing expense.

    They're probably getting 2-3 bucks a month out of me.

    Would not be surprised if Apple is now at 25-30M  $10 a month subscribers.
    My bet is Apple's revenues and profits from Apple music are already higher than spotify.

    I see lots of cell carrier promotions for Spotify. I wonder how much they're actually getting from them. It would, however, explain Spotify's rapid gain of 20 million paid subscribers in only 6 months.
    My Apple music sub is part of my carrier tariff, so it cuts both ways. Most of the Telstra post-paid plans seem to offer Apple Music as a feature.
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