Interesting post. Some corrections and comments: ...

2009-08-13T09:03:28.947+01:00

Interesting post. Some corrections and comments:

"With Spotify providing a limitied choice of music ..."

4 million tracks now and 4 more million to be added is a long way from "limited choice" in my opinion.

"advertising between tracks is infuriating"

The problem is that with no ads there won't be any Spotify left and the users will migrate back to piracy. Also, there aren't ads in between each track. That's the we7 experience.

"Surely then Napster is the best model, as you can own the music using its monthly service for £9.95."

I don't wanna own the music. The whole point with using Spotify, for me, is that I can avoid the hassle with mp3s. Also, Spotify is both faster and more user friendly and that what's count in the end.

"Artists which have got behind Spotify appear to have lost the plot, surely by taking customers to iTunes or Napster encourages much more revenue, choice and the music is easily available for adding straight to your mp3 player, machine or iPhone?"

People want the best user experience and therefore they use Spotify. Most people also don't wanna pay that sum at all. Napster has 50k or so subscribers in the UK today. That's not a revolution by any means. Spotify adds 50k users to its service every day. That's a revolution and with time it will pay off big time for all those involved.

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Interesting post. Some corrections and comments: ...