robertbluesman

🎶⚡️🎶 Apple vs Spotify ~ Apple takes #1 in US music streaming services

But one thing this story missed is Verizon already offers free Apple Music with every new iPhone anyway, so that artificially skews the numbers in Apple’s favor.

The whole escalation of this “you do this I’ll do that” thingy is losing track of the main point. Which is without any music nobody wins. If artists decide to they can pull all their stuff offline and put both of these Goliaths out of business.

I really like the fact that Spotify is suing Apple for the ridiculous 30% cut charged on any iOS app purchases. Apple’s cut has raised the UK region subscription a few £’s and no doubt will spillover into the US market soon, but musical artists deserve to be adequately compensated for their copywrited products! ~~~ And I like Spotify’s suggestion to bypass the iOS app and stream directly from the Spotify website via your computer or mobile browser, nullifying that nasty 30% cut by Apple. (of course none of this applies if using Android)

I’ll try that for awhile and see how I like it, and how much phone battery it consumes vs the app.