alphacyberranger to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish • edit-22 years agoSpotify re-invented the radiolemmy.worldimagemessage-square464fedilinkarrow-up11.45Karrow-down177file-text
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minus-square@RobertOwnageJunior@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglish39•edit-22 years agoBut their service is great if you pay for premium. Which is fine in my book.
minus-square@Maalus@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglish-5•2 years agoThe point is they haven’t turned a profit even with people having premium. So what’s the reason for them to exist
minus-square@ZoopZeZoop@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglish14•2 years agoThis is the case with a lot of companies. Facebook didn’t turn a profit for 10 years or something that sounds equally crazy.
minus-square@mcqtom@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglish17•2 years agoThat’s more or less the problem (one of many problems I suppose). Companies seem to think it’s a good business model to burn money collecting a user base and then turn all their free users into paying users down the line. Think drug dealers. They wanna be that.
minus-square@pHr34kY@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglish-11•2 years agoA hacked client on the free tier is also a decent experience. This month’s expenses:- Concert tickets: $350 Vinyl records: $100 Pirating Spotify: $0 I think I’m winning.
But their service is great if you pay for premium. Which is fine in my book.
The point is they haven’t turned a profit even with people having premium. So what’s the reason for them to exist
This is the case with a lot of companies. Facebook didn’t turn a profit for 10 years or something that sounds equally crazy.
That’s more or less the problem (one of many problems I suppose). Companies seem to think it’s a good business model to burn money collecting a user base and then turn all their free users into paying users down the line.
Think drug dealers. They wanna be that.
A hacked client on the free tier is also a decent experience.
This month’s expenses:-
I think I’m winning.