The disappointment over this news is probably derived from the expectation by a big percentage of the listening public that all music all the time anywhere should be free. We have become spoiled to the overwhelming free music opportunities available to us.
However the days of "free" music are slowly coming to an end, at least if you want some measure of choice in what you want to listen to and where you want to listen to it. That is why spotify is having trouble debuting in the US. It's business model is not viable (at least in the eyes of the record companies). The more choice you want, the more you'll have to pay. I use Rhapsody and I consider the $10 per month charge a bargain for any song, album, artist, genre, playlist, channel and station on my squeezebox and on my cellphone. Lastfm has to start becoming economically viable too. It's charge of $3 per month is eminently reasonable. The record companies are slowly adjusting to the new world order of making their music available for a reasonable price and the streaming radio services will be adjusting as well. -- mortslim ------------------------------------------------------------------------ mortslim's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=11039 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=85478 _______________________________________________ discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
