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Old 22-04-2011, 11:13   #21
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Re: Spotify commits commercial suicide?

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Originally Posted by Damien View Post
They have to pay per track streamed. I am guessing that the ads shown don't cover that, so if they can't make money of those users I doubt they care if they go.
That's because they have tried to have their cake and eat it. How can you sell advertising space to someone when they know the advert that follows theirs will be a plea from Spotify asking the listener to 'upgrade' and get rid of the adverts? That's a tough sell in anyone's book.

Useful link re Grooveshark BTW, thanks ... more reading up required I think.
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