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Spotify raising prices by up to $3 as frustrated subs beg it to “just do music” (arstechnica.com)

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[–] KevonLooney@lemm.ee 11 points 5 months ago (1 children)

This isn't a "tech" issue. This is what happens without competition. Notice how in areas without many coffee shops, the few that exist get away with serving crappy coffee? But if there's a lot of coffee shops the quality increases?

This is a fundamental part of economics. More choices result in better quality because of competition. Of course this relies on many things: being able to switch easily, customers understanding the product, etc. Literally every other industry wants to consolidate and avoid competition but it's only possible in some of them.

[–] nokturne213@sopuli.xyz 2 points 5 months ago

This is what happens without competition.

I used Napster for the better part of a year. The app was horrible, the web player bad. It would be missing random albums, and some albums had missing songs. I finally went back to Spotify. But am once again looking for an alternative, hopefully one with business licensing so I can play it in my shop.