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Originally Posted by muppetman11
Brilliant post , my thoughts exactly. This is superb news for existing spotify customers but how many non spotify customers will want to pay extra. Will this possibly signal the end of Music OD.
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How many non Spotify customers will want to pay extra depends on what the VM Spotify offerings include. The Premium (which costs £10pcm) offers streaming at a higher bitrate, offline music on iPhone and integation with Sonos. Some might be prepared to pay for it because now they can get it on their VM bill at a probable discount, rather than going through Spotify directly.
I do see music subscription services working in the future, although Sky couldn't make theirs pay, because managing a music collection is time consuming and there's the potential to lose the music. All one really needs to own/have access to is their playlists and a working Internet connection. I suspect the same will apply to films in the future. The customer will never actually have a copy of the content.