Comments on: Here’s Spotify’s Master Plan: Tackle iTunes Head-On http://gigaom.com/2011/05/04/here%e2%80%99s-spotify%e2%80%99s-master-plan-tackle-itunes-head-on/ Thu, 23 May 2013 05:18:18 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: mark http://gigaom.com/2011/05/04/here%e2%80%99s-spotify%e2%80%99s-master-plan-tackle-itunes-head-on/#comment-621793 Thu, 05 May 2011 14:29:11 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=340079#comment-621793 Apple blocks those who use Apple’s iTunes software to sync with their devices, such as Palm did with its Pre. Apple has done nothing to those (like DoubleTwist) who use Apple’s iTunes Music Library.xml file to perform a sync. So not only is it far from obvious, both you and Mr. Johnson are probably just plain wrong about what Apple will do.

]]> By: Niall Harbison http://gigaom.com/2011/05/04/here%e2%80%99s-spotify%e2%80%99s-master-plan-tackle-itunes-head-on/#comment-621769 Thu, 05 May 2011 13:16:54 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=340079#comment-621769 Give me spotify on apps and across all my phones and devices and I’ll never buy another track. This has to be the future of music. What else could you possibly need?

]]> By: Greg http://gigaom.com/2011/05/04/here%e2%80%99s-spotify%e2%80%99s-master-plan-tackle-itunes-head-on/#comment-621685 Thu, 05 May 2011 01:01:05 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=340079#comment-621685 There are many more streaming services, including Rhapsody (which was around before Spotify, I think), Napster, Rdio, MOG, and maybe other smaller ones. The big difference between all of those and Spotify is that Spotify offers free listening (with limits), whereas those other services are paid subscription only. Free music always gets a lot of attention :)

]]> By: Bobbie Johnson http://gigaom.com/2011/05/04/here%e2%80%99s-spotify%e2%80%99s-master-plan-tackle-itunes-head-on/#comment-621566 Wed, 04 May 2011 15:35:11 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=340079#comment-621566 It’s a game of cat and mouse here, but it depends on how quickly you can respond to Apple’s changes. DoubleTwist has been running up against this problem for a long time, with hardly any significant trouble.

]]> By: Bobbie Johnson http://gigaom.com/2011/05/04/here%e2%80%99s-spotify%e2%80%99s-master-plan-tackle-itunes-head-on/#comment-621565 Wed, 04 May 2011 15:34:01 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=340079#comment-621565 Hey Rick, thanks for the comment. It’s a fair point — Spotify gets a lot of coverage, perhaps more than other similar startups. These things tend to go in cycles, and we all wish we had more time and attention to devote to worthwhile stories.

For my part, though, I’ve written about MOG, Rdio, Pandora, Last.fm plenty — but I’m writing from the UK and trying to bring more European stories to the table, so what Spotify does falls squarely in my camp. As you point out, not everyone lives in the United States!

(Also, I think the disparity in coverage isn’t as great as those Google numbers suggests, since I think most of those 1200 results you point to are links inside other posts, rather than posts themselves).

]]> By: Bobbie Johnson http://gigaom.com/2011/05/04/here%e2%80%99s-spotify%e2%80%99s-master-plan-tackle-itunes-head-on/#comment-621560 Wed, 04 May 2011 15:26:33 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=340079#comment-621560 Good point!

]]> By: rick gregory http://gigaom.com/2011/05/04/here%e2%80%99s-spotify%e2%80%99s-master-plan-tackle-itunes-head-on/#comment-621557 Wed, 04 May 2011 15:19:45 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=340079#comment-621557 In the meantime, US readers still can’t use it. I do NOT get the fascination with Spotify in the US. It’s not available. It doesn’t matter if they ship dancing boys or girls (your choice!) to your door every month. Now, I get that non-US people read this – I’m not at all asking GigaOM to ignore things not available here. But I guess I am asking you to not fetishize Spotify when there are two similar services that are available in the US, Rdio and MOG.

I’ve not used Rdio, but do use MOG and it’s pretty nice. Both are certainly worthy competitors to Spotify and, at least for those of us in the US, actually available here. However, a quick Google search of GigaOM shows 105 results for MOG, 110 for Rdio… and 1200 for Spotify. Anything seem odd about that to you?

]]> By: StatSpotting http://gigaom.com/2011/05/04/here%e2%80%99s-spotify%e2%80%99s-master-plan-tackle-itunes-head-on/#comment-621538 Wed, 04 May 2011 13:42:48 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=340079#comment-621538 Respectfully disagree. Competing directly with iTunes is a recipe for disaster. Spotify would strategically be planning for a scenario where it can co-exist with iTunes. Remember audify?

]]> By: Cyril http://gigaom.com/2011/05/04/here%e2%80%99s-spotify%e2%80%99s-master-plan-tackle-itunes-head-on/#comment-621532 Wed, 04 May 2011 13:20:21 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=340079#comment-621532 It’s obvious that Apple will block iPod synchronization with Spotify : http://www.beansight.com/prediction/apple-will-block-ipod-synchronization-with-spotify

]]> By: Digithoughts http://gigaom.com/2011/05/04/here%e2%80%99s-spotify%e2%80%99s-master-plan-tackle-itunes-head-on/#comment-621530 Wed, 04 May 2011 13:10:54 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=340079#comment-621530 Besides pushing more users into becoming paying subscribers, the new rules and these new features will also enable Spotify to better monetize on their free users: It’s hard to find a better sales lead for a song than someone who’s just listened to it for five times in a month. http://goo.gl/yRBU6

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