Comments on Profile Post by Hrodulf

  1. Senorx12562
    Senorx12562
    Yeah, I had my doubts anyway.
    Jan 31, 2023
  2. Ksaurav402
    Ksaurav402
    although the net subscriber count has gone up but so has their expenditure. I feel they may after all go after the Hi-fi as the loss has nothing to do with line of business but with operations and strategies.
    Jan 31, 2023
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  3. Hrodulf
    Hrodulf
    @Ksaurav402 one of their major operational expenses is server spooling. Hi-fi tier will have 3x the spooling compared to best quality right now.
    Jan 31, 2023
  4. rhythmdevils
    rhythmdevils
    Spotify, Tidal, Qobuz etc will all go out of business at some point. They can’t sustain continual losses indefinitely. The only streaming we will eventually be left with are those services that can use streaming to get people to use their other ecosystem products that are profitable. ie Apple, Amazon and Google
    Jan 31, 2023
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  5. bixby
    bixby
    Agreed, only the big 3 will be left, yet the others as well as roon may continue to bleed like Amazon did for decades.
    Jan 31, 2023
  6. nishan99
    nishan99
    Idk about that RD, Spotify algorithm and UI are still untouchable. A hifi tier and lower prices would be slam dunk for them but they went super retard mode on podcasts and they deserve every f'ing loss.
    Jan 31, 2023
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  7. rhythmdevils
    rhythmdevils
    No streaming service including Pandora has ever made a profit. It’s not sustainable. People just keep throwing money at it.
    Jan 31, 2023
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  8. Azimuth
    Azimuth
    Maybe because they don't have Hi-Fi is the reason people are bailing. Apple Music is slowly taking over.
    Jan 31, 2023
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  9. nishan99
    nishan99
    Agreed, we audiophiles underestimate how many normies appreciate lossless audio. They think of it like 480p vs FHD.
    Jan 31, 2023
  10. Ksaurav402
    Ksaurav402
    Spotify connect feature alone makes it the best among peers as far as convenience go. I do hope they come up with Hi-fi tier and download store to buy music like Qobuz.
    Jan 31, 2023
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  11. Senorx12562
    Senorx12562
    As long as Amazon is cheaper and I have devices that allow me to playback bit-perfectly, Spotify will have a hard time getting my $. If they offered even just redbook at the current price, I might pay a few $ more than Amazon for their algorithmic and ergonomic benefits.
    Jan 31, 2023
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  12. neogeosnk
    neogeosnk
    If would could get Amazon, Apple or Spotify roon support a lot of us would probably jump. f**k all these services that are gatekeeping.
    Jan 31, 2023
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  13. roshambo123
    roshambo123
    Apparently they invested big in podcasts then realized engineering hits is impossible.
    Jan 31, 2023
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  14. zottel
    zottel
    I do like Roon a lot, but I must admit that the main reason why I use it is that it allows me to stream Qobuz to all my devices.
    If Spotify had lossless, ideally also > 44/16, I’d probably jump ship. Even more probably if streaming local content was possible with Spotify, too, but I don’t really have so much of that.
    Feb 1, 2023