Google's music streaming platforms now have 15 million subscribers
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- 18 May 2019
blastertoad, 17 May 2019Overall new vehicle sales in north america have dropped, no... moreHere is a break down of sales on WSJ site:
http://www.wsj.com/mdc/public/page/2_3022-autosales.html
Cars are down but other type of vehicles are up. Maybe people just shifted their preferences.
For example, in my country diesel cars are down because new government policy to put on high taxes for them.
My point remains: used CDs market does not kill the music industry.
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- blastertoad
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- 17 May 2019
abigfanoftechs, 17 May 2019Americans are still buying NEW cars, they're just not buyin... moreOverall new vehicle sales in north america have dropped, not shifted manufacturers. https://canadianautodealer.ca/2019/05/canadian-auto-sales-continue-downward-slide/
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- 17 May 2019
blastertoad, 16 May 2019You joke but this is happening. American automotive compani... moreAmericans are still buying NEW cars, they're just not buying Americans cars.
They're buying Japanese & European's ... Nothing to do with used cars.
I heard new Tesla cars are selling quite well.
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- 17 May 2019
are you kidding, 13 May 2019a new album supports the artist ... not the old, you dont ... moreYou have things a little backwards thinking that subscriptions are greedy on the end to the artist. They make fractions of cents for each time their song is played. The service provider makes a fair amount of money though. The other problem now is when people digitize their music collection how many do you think are deleting their digital copies when they sell their physical copy. In this case it is no different from piracy. Maybe not in the eyes of the law, but ethically. In piracy the media is purchased at some point, and then it is copied and passed along. In the case of digital or physical back ups of music or anything else you are moving along the original, but if you kept a copy you are still violating the terms of use of the product and perpetuating a system that reduces flow of funds to the thousands of people it takes to produce and distribute any given product in today's world.
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- 16 May 2019
abigfanoftechs, 10 May 2019"pirate" is illegal ... buying used is not. The artists alr... moreYou joke but this is happening. American automotive companies have stopped producing cars in their domestic markets due to reduced sales. Our world works on consumerism, and if the majority of consumers move to not purchasing new products or services these companies will eventually fail. Basic economics.
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- 13 May 2019
blastertoad, 09 May 2019If you only buy second hand you may as well pirate the musi... morea new album supports the artist ... not the old, you dont got into a store to buy a sandwich because it used to be good you pay for the one that is good now . a track that has been sold already has been payed for if its a remake or remix that is different it is a new take on an old track. But yes buying a used cd is legit and it should be yours for personal use. You support an artist for his new and continued work. if that was the case i should still get payed for a job i did twenty years ago. This rental fee is sometimes a bit nuts and a bit greedy . from the perspective of the artist more so than the service provider. Its all about the money folks nothing more. the guy is not performing live for me he made a disk . Do i have to pay hime everytime i use it nooo.... but if he came to my house that incures him cost yes then i should ....theres no real logic in this world anymore.. People think that i made it i have to get paid a thousand time from the same person. Each person pays and each person should be given the right to purchase once as in the good old days and even used discs or digital tracks....
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- 10 May 2019
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- 10 May 2019
I've trialed Spotify, Apple Music and a few others but always end up sticking with Google Play Music. which in general use, UI & recommendations I feel is better. But I'm dreading when it's finally migrated to YouTube Music which is so messy at the moment.
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- 10 May 2019
Data Buckets, 10 May 2019If you aren't willing to shell out 10 bucks a month to have... moreNot arguing why I don't want to pay $10/month ... I'm just against paying $10/month for renting tracks. That massive library you talked of is useless to me as I only listen to my favourite artists. I have a 10-disc CD changer in my car which I have my favourite albums, that's more than enough for my daily commute.
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- 10 May 2019
abigfanoftechs, 09 May 2019Because I can buy a used CD of my favourite artist for $1 &... moreIf you aren't willing to shell out 10 bucks a month to have complete access to a massive library of music then you must be ridiculously cheap. If you rather buy the physical copies to support the artist then 100% that's better but arguing that they should be earning less than the already tiny amounts they make off streaming services is outrageous.
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- 10 May 2019
blastertoad, 09 May 2019If you only buy second hand you may as well pirate the musi... more"pirate" is illegal ... buying used is not. The artists already got paid when the CDs were new.
Stop buying used cars because you're punishing car makers!
LOL!!!
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- 09 May 2019
abigfanoftechs, 09 May 2019Because I can buy a used CD of my favourite artist for $1 &... moreDon't listen to others here.
Keep buying cheap used cds. Those artists are already extremely rich, they don't need your money.
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- 09 May 2019
abigfanoftechs, 09 May 2019Because I can buy a used CD of my favourite artist for $1 &... moreIf you only buy second hand you may as well pirate the music. You are paying nothing to the artist to support them creating more content. Not to mention used sales and product share mentality hurt the economy in general.
If you genuinely appreciate or enjoy a product, service, or media support it.
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- 09 May 2019
Data Buckets, 09 May 2019So the amount artists should get will fall below the tiny a... moreBecause I can buy a used CD of my favourite artist for $1 & get to keep it as my property.
On Google/Apple store, you only rent the tracks.
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- 09 May 2019
I switched to Google Play Music after Microsoft Groove abandoned me and my Lumia windows phone a couple of years back. I chose it it over Spotify because like Groove you have the option to purchase music as well as rent it.
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- 09 May 2019
abigfanoftechs, 09 May 2019$0.30/month should be the price as you're only "renting" th... moreSo the amount artists should get will fall below the tiny amount they already get? If anything the price should go up, you have unlimited access to a majority of artist/bands for less than the cost of a CD. how can you complain?
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- 09 May 2019
Jason, 09 May 2019I wonder if those numbers reflect the 3 month free trial su... moreof course, it sitll subscribers, even if they are on 3 month free testing.
after that, in the next month or two, we will see actual subscribers falling down to half or less than that.
People should know, we dont need to pay 7/8/9 dollars month for this kind of service, even for Netflix/HBO is way too much...
If they want more subscribers make decent prices and we get it more often
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- 09 May 2019
I wonder if those numbers reflect the 3 month free trial subscribers.
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- 09 May 2019
$0.30/month should be the price as you're only "renting" the tracks.