Spotify - Why They're Successful
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- čas přidán 11. 06. 2024
- The music streaming industry has become very competitive, to a point where there's now multiple large companies offering similar services at similar prices. Most would consider Spotify to be the most successful of them. This video attempts to explain why.
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I'm less surprised that Spotify is on top, and more surprised that Apple has 60,000,000 users. I literally don't know a single person that uses apple music.
just people who think apple music works with their iphone or something 😂
Depends on where you live and on your circle of people
Perez Me neither
Perez Apple Music is trash I can get if for free on Verizon and I still don’t want to use it lol
@@j.d6009 oh they dont separate it for me..
Spotify premium makes me feel like they genuinely care about the end user like at the end of the year there are stats of what your favorite songs are and there are new and cool playlists created all the time like taste breakers which are songs that they think you might like but are different genres of music
The end of year "wrap up" playlists is something I look forward to every year, it's such a nice feature!
Yeah it's good but the problem is , I don't earn money myself so I don't really wanna spend it on services 🤔 like as an indian 10$ is big for me atleast and I don't even earn but I think paid services are better and safer in the long run rn I am surviving on pirated movies/series and MP3 downloaded playlists
@@Koldyuki I'd recommend SoundCloud! They're rlly good
@@Koldyuki yw!
@@Koldyuki yo can you tell me some of those downloaded playlist of free songs? thinking about saving them if i ever run out of internet
As an artist, this is my favorite service. Best way to reach your fans. The killer feature is the playlists.
its about time an artist supports it
dont you make pennies from spotify?
@@leocruzist People need to stop thinking of Spotify as a revenue source, and think of it more as an advertising tool, you can reach more people and grow an audience, and that's half the battle, most artists make their money from merch and touring anyway, that's the case even with top artists
@@BladeLeonhart94 especially when history has already shown what happens when people have the internet and don't have an option like Spotify.
Even if Spotify pays out like shit, it's still more than you get when everyone's pirating.
Personally think SoundCloud is far less annoying 🤷♂️
Because Spotify is a dark themed version of a music streaming platform
the lack of light mode is my main problem with spotify lol
cmonBruh
nc artist imagine wanting light mode
@@cyberzh0rafm people want a light mode?
@@cyberzh0rafm your the one who uses light mode on Reddit
Fun fact: Spotify on an iPad, computer and console is basically a free premium version
Mr.Invisible NiCe
Really? Thanks for the info
Still has ads but you can play specific tracks on demand
@@tjofcarolina1776 ya you can
shhhhhhh people don't need to know this lol. I don't need this to get fixed by spotify.
Anyone remember when Spotify was the underdog, and Pandora was the big, cool thing?
Yep..lol
Pandora is constantly changing their matching algorithm which makes it harder to find music you want to listen to. They also are almost guaranteed not to play a particular song if you make that song your seed.
Nah it was I heart radio, that was sooooo big at one point
Pandora what? I legitimately don't know what you're talking about
Pandora was only big in the US
Why has everything a start in Sweden, Skype, Minecraft, Spotify, ikea
Sweden produces smarties 🤓
Education system tends to be better in Nordic countries.
I guess a lot of Swedes are successful
@Ted Bundy This is also a theory: czcams.com/video/2E0dWHCnic8/video.html
(Don't forget that every child in Sweden poor or rich, is going to get educated from when they are 6 years old till they are 18.)
3-point seat belt and dynamite too :)
Took me 3 years to finally upgrade to the premium service, and it’s safe to say I’m never going back. I never want to hear any of those annoying ads ever again
Same, the ads are soooo annoying and premium is amazing!
Sxover Close the app and reopen to skip them
ChunkyAvocado What if someone is outside and wants to listen to music with their phone? CZcams isn’t a good option unless you have the best data in the world.
You either have money to burn or are just plain dumb to be paying for something you can get for free!
Mike Zerker So you expect people to listen to music with CZcams and adblocker? If someone was doing it with their computer then it wouldn’t be that bad but if you are anywhere else besides your house then it’s embarrassing.
The free one is _really_ different on iPad and computer.
It is so much better there than on mobile
And PlayStation
broooo, on computer, u dont have that much ads and u can pick ur own songs. soooo nice. o and also the friend list on the right
When I used it on pc and iPad I had no ads and I was able to skip as many times as I wanted and make playlist without paying.
@@Ryan-th9zm you sacrifice portability though. Ita a trade-off
And then at the end of last year they made an entire powerpoint presentation on the songs i listened to over the course of the year.
i love the fact that you can have an almost premium version of spotify on your computer. you can play whatever song you want, skip as many times as you want, etc, but you just get the ads. i'm only a broke teenager, so i use spotify free, but i really, really love it. also, i literally don't know one person that uses apple music lol.
My major reason for being a Spotify person is because their recommendation algorithm is mind-blowingly great! CZcams music? Nah. Spotify? Hell yeah!
Youbtube Music is pretty damn good, but I've occasionally visited Spotify and found it's doing well. I think if I frequented it more to give it more data, it might do better. My main issue is the absolute nightmare it would be switching playlists, liked music, etc
@@hunterm9 I use both Spotify and YTMusic, but Spotify is programed in such a way that I don't specifically select a song to play, I just play one of the playlists they've made for me or recommended me and it's great, it's like it knows what I'll like more than anyone I know personally. CZcams music is something I use to play a specific song, usually when I don't wanna lose the playlist playing on Spotify.
Trust me you don't have to switch your CZcams playlists to Spotify, I didn't and it worked fine, just have to listen to your types of songs for a week and then just play the playlists it makes for you, and when a song you like comes up, heart it and if you don't like the song press that (-) button on the right. And a week later you'll probably be hooked to it's algorithm.
I've stopped using Spotify premium yet it's still fine because the playlists are just so good I didn't have to even choose a particular song anymore
Yeah but CZcams music gives you adfree youtube videos. Spotify doesn't.
@@TheLastLineLive CZcams music also has ads.
@@Mirsab not with CZcams Premium. I guess I should have specified that, though i use Google play music instead of CZcams music most of the time.
Spotify: We made 6 playlists based on your listening with your favorites and reccomendations.
Apple Music: you hear the new song?
Osprey [OspreyBeats] bruh Apple has that too in their for you you clearly don’t even use Apple music
@@pokesportxyz5191 The problem with Apple in my opinion is that they sort by artist, not by the sound of individual songs. That's the significant difference.
I love my Apple Music New Music mix personalized playlist and the whole for you tab 🤷🏻♀️
Inanis Wight they do though, if you search by genre or keywords like “calming” or “energetic” they give the same types of results Spotify does
I love Spotify as a streaming platform. The only downside with Spotify is that they don’t pay out artists enough. It’s a fraction of a penny per stream. If they follow Apple Music and pay out a penny per stream I would be one happy camper
keep in mind that tracks are streamed 2x on Spotify (because of the 2x users) so in the end, its the same outcome
spotify isn't a main source of income, it's just for advertisement
A full penny per stream wouldn't be sustainable given the number of free users.
People like you always asked for more. At least they paid than illegal streaming platform who completely rip off from the artists.
Funny how most artists who have a problem with payout are famous, rich/millionaire ones.
You don't see 60K monthly listener people complaining about payout, because they only have that reach because of Spotify. They would never get even 600 monthly listeners if they started solely on Apple Music.
Other than personalised playlists, i think one big factor would be how spotify came up with unique code to share music, the aesthetic user interface and genre specific playlists like top hits in your country for pop music etc
Spotify is like: "It just works"
King Crimson
I don't use spotify lol i just download music FOR FREE
That better be an intentional JoJo reference
Milk 🥛
Milk fuck jojo
I've made 3 dollars from my music on spotify. Living the dream.
I've made 4 so, you know💪
@@bluesomesam1664 4 will be my new goal. And if I'm really lucky... 4.50
@@spikessignal christ man 4.50 idk that's a big ass goal
@@bluesomesam1664 lmao this is funny....
Congratz man
"the free version sucks" well its free and i dont have any money so who cares plus you get used to it after a while
Try playing it on the free web version - it's somehow better without the limited skips (but don't tell Spotify that)
@@onlinefriend3889 FRRRRR!!! It's so much better. I feel like I have premium when I use it on my laptop.
IMO free version Pandora > free version Spotify. Also, Pandora has a commercial free $5 plan.
@@egodumpster same
Exactly.
I listen to Spotify because it’s more global. More specifically, it’s easier for me to listen to and find Japanese music on Spotify compared to Apple Music.
The downside is that there’a some songs that are only on Apple Music and some songs I can’t find anywhere at all. But I’ll definitely stick with Spotify
Absolutely, i love the anime opening songs on there. Like unravel is one of my fave songs. Spotify has pretty much everything
I pay 10$ a month and listened 50000 minutes in 2019. Worth it.
I got 125494
34000 with ads
that 120 per year and only 4166mins per month which is like 70 hrs. which like just about 2 hrs aday and my commute is like 4 hrs alone. So no it wasn't worth it for u.
@@saleh.hashmi You mean it wouldn't be worth it for YOU, not them. Maybe they don't need 4 hours of music every day. I sure don't.
@@BewareTheLilyOfTheValley I never said I listen to hrs. of music.... I'm just saying he paid for quite a shitty deal in his perspective. I barely listen to music. on any given day. Books and news articles are my thing. But I'm just saying... With how cheap data is getting specially in the US. You never really need to pay for music just stream it off CZcams.
I use it cuz it just looks better and is more user friendly. And I also love that they make playlists for you (on repeat, summer rewind, etc)
rugbyplayer9100 Apple Music is way more user friendly.
@@aaron4757 no it isn't
The kernel yeah it is
Aaron Nunez but Spotify is so shitttt; you can’t choose your ducking song without shuffling and added no songs
@@gokudoge7588 that's only on mobile, on the PC version you can play whatever you want
Another interesting strategy was the introduction of their family plan. Once someone invite family members, it becomes very unlikely that the account owner will quit the subscription due to the interpersonal cohesion. Well played :)
I’ve been a Spotify premium member for 6 years now, and I’ll never leave. Being an Apple fanboy, I tried out Apple Music all while still paying for Spotify, and there was no comparison. Spotify’s algorithm is superior and makes better playlists.
"Please enjoy 30 minutes of ad free music" - my phone every 5 songs 3 years ago
Sometimes it wasn't even 30 minutes. Ads would come on after 2 songs and I know those songs didnt last 15 minutes each.
It still plays that ad or whatever it's called
More like 3 months ago for me 😅
I can’t say I miss those days!
tlali thats why i skip them lmao
I think another factor that's playing into their success is their recap of the year. I absolutely LOVE seeing that.
That's actually the reason I subbed just the other day, all my friends were doing the recap of theirs and I wanted to know what mine would look like, so I decided to try it for a few months and see if I use it.
Every year drake dominates my recaps
I subbed back in 2017 when I almost killed my computer from pirating 😂 no more of that haha this year's recap my top artist of the Year was Drake and my top Artist of the Decade was Circa Survive
There is an android app called utrack that lets you view your stats all year long lol
I love the year-end recaps!
the free version on desktop actually isnt that bad, its only 30s ads every like 30m-1h, on phone tho i agree
I like how we just don’t talk about pandora... lmao that’s where I was back in 2011
I came here to see someone mention Pandora. I actually prefer pandora over Spotify. I want to to like Spotify, but when it comes to the free mobile app. Pandora wins hands down. I’m sure Spotify paid subscription is superior, but why pay for something when I’m perfectly happy win a free alternative 🤷♀️
I love Spotifys design. The black, and the bright colors work so well together.
Kiera Jones That’s one of the reasons I switched from Apple Music, Their black design is better for your eyes
@@ej8014 That's how I've set my CZcams and Amazon Kindle app, along with Spotify. If something has a dark mode, I'm using it because it's less glaring (especially as I wear glasses).
@@BewareTheLilyOfTheValley As a fellow glasses wearer I completely understand! Haha. Whenever I have the choice to turn on dark mode/night mode I will! Besides I think it looks nicer.
Spotify's dark aesthetic is literally reason enough to pick it over Apple.
Alex Apple Music can be in dark mode
I feel such a strong loyalty to Spotify
Me too
Same here, it’s the one service I’m 100% okay with paying every month.
I think it’s because they make things as personal and “in-tune” to your tastes.
Spotify is a hill I’m willing to die on.
Same. My family made the switch to Apple Music, and I despise it. Spotify is way better. Normally I'd be ok about it, but my phone is an Android, so I don't get the special features.
Do you use CZcams as well for any reason? Because you could just pay $1 extra a month, have access to even more music than on Spotify, and get rid of all ads on CZcams. Time to break that loyalty, it isn't serving you well.
when i can add my own personalized playlist of all the music i love onto the home screen of my phone for easy access along with the search in playlist button plus helping me discover new genres ive never even heard of before yea i dont think ill ever use anything else but spotify again
Just want to tell you that I listened to a lot of your videos.
I like your accent and tone, the conciseness of your video, and the content as well.
Thanks!
spotify is the one streaming service i'll always pay for.
No Netflix and chill, then?
Not me, they burned that bridge when they made turning off shuffle mode a premium feature, crippling limitations don't make me pay, they just piss me off
@@mwbgaming28 i do understand your point, but apparently - as stated in the video - this model is quite effective *because* it's quite obnoxious and you can get a taste of their product before getting the whole thing. i really don't see a better model for them, do you? (i'm honestly just curious if there would be something they could do which would be better in your opinion)
@@datachu actually, i do pay for netflix. but tbh at least on my country, it's not that good. netflix has been cancelling lots of shows i watched, and a number of their current shows are bad or not as good. also, lots of shows they license from other networks are often delayed (they usually have to wait for the whole season of a show to air on tv before putting on the platform, and this can take months, so it's usually a one-year delay, which is a bummer). i hope disney+ will be better, and i'm considering changing when it launches in my country (it's not in my country yet, and i hope they have lots of shows and films just like in the us and europe - i'll be disappointed if disney+'s content is limited). but tbh the only subscription i don't see myself ever unsubscribing to (if the service doesn't change) is spotify. it's just an essential service for me. if i had to give up all my subscriptions for streaming services except one, i'd keep spotify in a heartbeat. however, spotify has made some changes to the app and service which i don't really like, and i hope they don't keep changing them often, but even considering those changes, it's still the best music streaming service imo
@@amazingcaio4803 if they made the phone app the same as the iPad app (and I don't mean by crippling the iPad version) then I likely would've signed up to premium at some point
But if I must think of some crippling limitation, maybe limit the number if songs a user can have in a single playlist, or remove the ability to name playlists, limit background playback to 1hr, increase the number of ads, make dark mode a premium feature (annoying for AMOLED users) they could also allow premium users to save tracks outside the app (THAT alone would convert me instantly)
But they got greedy, so I just went back to ripping songs off CZcams and saving them on my SD card (which I can listen to without internet, and move between devices, which is something that even Spotify premium doesn't allow, at least not permanently anyway)
I can never tell how old this dude is. It's like he was born in 1990 but has the wisdom of a 70 year old.
last video he said he was 24.
I wonder what kind of upbringing he had, because he is mature beyond his years. We love you Company Man! Keep up the great work! 😃
You're all very kind. I'm 28 years old just to clear that up.
@Harry Engel nah bang bros would be a better video
Legend has it he's 16 and a half.
I remember getting into the closed beta. Spotify was mind-blowing at the time
I love spotify premium. I'm lucky enough to be apart of my family's 'family plan' but I agree I cannot go back to the free version. Spotify literally has nearly every song I could ever want to listen to and it's perfect for car rides and working on art.
We all agree that Spotify is not just an app.its a best friend 😂
Yeah because without it I will explode from the hartred of school while doing homework
Pretty sure my best friend doesn’t give me 5 ads in between songs
In all seriousness, that is true
eh it’s not my best friend youtube music is cause i love to have my unreleased juice songs but it’s definitely my close friend
rightt
*Did you know that all your deleted playlists are actually saved on the server so you can recover them whenever you want?*
Where when how??
Yes, for real.
For Desktop: Open Spotify via your browser (not the app) and login. Go to your account (click your profile picture) and you should see the Recover Playlists tab on the left side.
For Android/iOS: The exact same process but after you go to your account, switch to Desktop Site in your browser options.
You can do a quick research about it if you struggle.
Bilal Bozdemir wow that’s awesome. That’s for the info man
Welp too bad you can't do this for deleted Discord channels.
Pecacheu LOL
1. the socal aspect. Being able to see what my friends listen to and their playlists I really cool
2. The playlists/ algorithm recommended songs.
3. "Community events" like the end of year playlists.
Extra. Not something I do but a cool recommendation, add podcast to playlists for a good mix of entertainment. I generally like long podcast (2+hrs) so it doesn't work for me lol
Mike- I wanted to pop in and say that the recommendation feature of Spotify is OUTSTANDING. Most of the new artists I discovered in the past few years were all thanks to Spotify "Discover Weekly". That feature alone is worth the price.
As a small music creator myself I have to admit that Spotify was a game changer for me. I am finally able to quit my job, stay home and create music full time. It truly only happened ones Spotify come into play. I'm not sure how it is for other musicians but for me that was a Godsend. P.s. in my household we have two accounts. One if premium and one is free and kinda everybody use both whenever available
Why does ur channel have no option to shuffle the videos by Most Popular/Newest/Oldest ?
You are one of the lucky few i guess
@@jrcadventures2905 I think it’s because it’s music channel
omg i didnt expect to see you here! ive been listening to your amazing cello covers for quite a while
just discovered your music from this comment. so good!
As a person who doesn't have money, being one of the 141 mil on Spotify free version is just fine to me 😂
Oh yeah totally. Like it's just a 15 sec add between 5-6 songs. Honestly perfect for me.
and the 6 skip limit resets after an hour anyway, and isn't much of a problem when you have multiple playlists
@@AL-jg4pr sometimes it's a couple or more ads but even then it's not crazy
Ik but like if you want to support the company
@@tanavk8255 I would support if I had the means. I will say that I would intend to support if my financial means change.
SoundCloud I use, some are ads to support them and still worth it. It has authors, singers, musicians, DJs, publishers, remixers, tech musicians, Game/TV Shows/Movie OST, and more. It wasn’t like album to wait and the SoundCloud‘s next button does have purpose even free. Even you can make a song and upload it.
I like that Spotify is pretty much platform-independent even though I can't stand their interface for the phone app. That's why I pick it, I wish Soundcloud was a big player as they have some great user generated content that's unique.
"Name any differences between Spotify and Apple Music"
Spotify has a better audio codec at a higher bit rate
Spotify works well on non Apple phones.
Spotify has a functional website for streaming. And a functional desktop app.
Spotify has a more in-depth feature set.
Spotify has a more in-depth "for artists" App/Website. (although consumers don't really care about this)
Spotify (in my opinion) has a more pleasing UI.
Spotify is available outside the USA
The ability to see how many listens a song has and how many monthly listeners an artist has is great
AAC is better at 256kbps than Vorbis at 320kbps. Numbers aren't everything for codecs. Coming from a Spotify user.
I would argue with the audio quality, I think apple music has better audio quality
Couldnt say it better myself man. (in case apple is looking at these comments to copy spotify, hey apple, you can emulate, but you cant do what spotify does without looking goofy)
Spotify is absolutely better hands down. when im with friends who use apple music, i always find it so bad. like youre in itunes previewing songs. It just is bad.
Also apple, even if u get just as good, you will never be the original
Thats exactly how they caught me into the premium membership, i tried the three months of premium for just 5 Egyptian pounds and thats about
0.3 dollars and after it ended i couldn't go back and from then i have been paying 50 Egyptian pounds every month for the premium membership and thats about 3 dollars and its nice that they brought the price down for Egypt to match our economics
They do that here in Colombia, as well. The monthly membership costs 15.000 COP, which is about $5. Pretty good compared to a lot of other services here.
@@Melkac how much is Netflix in Colombia?
@@youssefhaitham6492 We have three plans, the standard one (HD, 2 simultaneous screens) is 25.000 COP = $8.
The 4K plan is like 32.000 I think.
@@Melkac thats the same here to its 8 dollars for the starting and 10 dollars for the 4k
@@youssefhaitham6492 It seems to carry around the same price in underdeveloped countries, thankfully.
As a user who went from Apple to Spotify, the biggest feature I miss is the library feature. Adding all your songs to a basic library with sorting features like genre, its the one thing I wish spotify would have instead of needing to either sort everything yourself with playlists, or liking everything to create a "library" of any sorts
spotify is also quick and willing to adapt to local markets. In India, only 1% of the people have a credit card and laws around subscription are very tight (specially teenagers and college students who are more likely to use the service). Spotify noticed that and started offering pre-paid 3 month and 1 year plans on a discount. Google Play Music and Apple Music have been in India for years and have never offered such plans, potentially missing out on a lot of people who are willing to pay but could not due to lack of credit cards.
It actually broke that this year they’ll make a profit for the first time since the company was born. Wonder whether Uber and Lyft will take notes.
David Copeland what why don’t they make profit?
Premium Spotify because Apple doesn’t need anymore money😂
Most of Apple's REAL "innovation" is copying other people's products, then settling out of court when they sue.
Spotify seems to need the money anyway. I got that Premium Family Plan.
Facts
JoMiSa yeah me too
Stephen Lee yet they coming up with that bullshit they call Apple TV 🤷🏾♂️
I have had it since 2011. It is cool that you can go back and see playlists I made in highschool. Though every other year I have to purge a few playlists because they do have a limit.
When I used Spotify Free for about a year, I heard the ads a ton. And living in Japan, the ads were always very hilarious and fun to listen to. Now as a Premium subscriber, I kind of miss those ads and wish I could hear them at least once a day just for kicks. Maybe I'm crazy, lol
I am on the $15/mo Spotify "family" plan, that I split with 5 other people.
It's stupidly cheap. How the hell is that even profitable lol.
cheapskate
I do that too, me and my band mates do a family plan all together.
Pedro García Quick answer, it isn’t xD
Coming from someone who got an iPhone for the UI, Spotify is so much better and cleaner than Apple Music
agreed. I tried apple music and spotfity has a much friendler UI
I agree. Apple Music still has this itunes feel to it. itunes hasn't been good (for me) since 2002/2003. Spotify is so much closer to winamp in that it has a dark theme out of the box. Apple Music is too bright. Spotify just feels fun and Apple Music feels like a job.
Kylefassbinderful Apple Music does have Dark Mode though, even though it took 4 years for them to make it happen
Mad Jojo true and I realized that after I left my comment. It doesn’t really change my opinion though. That doesn’t mean I won’t give Apple Music another shot down the road.
GoggleDumb yeah but they all look like trash lol
I listened to pandora for the longest time because during that time I was interest in their here is a new song in the generatic playlist you made about this band. It showed me quite a few bands and singers I still listen to today. After a while I started to just wanting to listen to the same song over and over again. I went to spotify for free but the adds and not being able to listen to them because of data usage was bad but recently we got the family plan so that was awesome.
You touched on the fact that it's hard to go back to regular Spotify after doing the free trial but I think one thing that's really smart is that it's 3 months long. If it was just a week or something, it would be a nice week but you wouldn't really get used to it. After 3 months, you're used to how the premium system works and it's what you expect from Spotify going forward. When you suddenly get put back to the unpaid version, it's jarring and horrible so you're compelled to sign up for Premium
Why is Spotify Successful?
Because Is Simple
User Friendly
And Clean
It's Better than Tidal
Jay-Z knew that, he put his music on Spotify, again.
JT LovesCodeLyoko What’s better about spotify? I use tidal because it’s part of my sprint plan but it’s wayyyy better than free Spotify imo
I don't use spotify lol i just download music FOR FREE
No way. Tidal Hi-FI crushes it. For those who have the ears/equipment to notice the difference, of course.
The recommendation system is much better on spotify and they have few more songs but other than that tidal is better. I just stick with spotify because its cheaper
JT LovesCodeLyoko It’s been on Apple Music the whole time...
When i was on the free plan I used to create one playlist per one song to get around the 5 skip limit.
Me too but they do t allow this anymore
I joined premium last year but before that I tried it and it didn’t work
Michael Gutierrez Just use audiomack lol
Same thing happened to me. Did the free trial and was hooked after years of just using CZcams for my gym workouts.
i’m from sweden and i jumped on the spotify train fairly early. from what i remember you had to be invited by someone who already used it at that point, kinda like facebook in the early days. i didn’t get premium for years and years because back then the free version had no limitations whatsoever and the only difference from the premium version was that you would get like a 10 second ad every 5 songs or so. i don’t remember when the current free version came (maybe it coincided with spotify launching in the US? i don’t know) but i’ve had premium ever since then. when i was like 17 my dad didn’t think premium was worth it anymore, but long story short: he quickly renewed it. i think he thought that the free version would be like it was in the beginning.......oh how wrong he was.
I've been paying for spotify since 2015. They own my soul
😂
It’s because of my premium version I got a free google home mini
Same.
Wow!!👀
Same, last year for Christmas. 🙌🏽
SAME
Same
Spotify connect is the best feature in Spotify (IDK if it's available in apple music)
but it's very good, I can play music on my speakers from the phone while I'm not near my computer ( I don't have to move ), and also I can switch from my phone to computer and vice versa
it's really awesome
Something interesting about the free plan is, on consoles and iPads free system works different, you can choose whatever song without shuffle and you can skip however many songs you want, the only difference is ads
Spotify Uni Student discount is what suckered me in, I didn’t even use Spotify on my phone before I went premium
Well apple music had to overcome iTunes. They should have converted iTunes to include a spotify service. Such a catchier name than ApPlE mUsIc.
Also I love how the creator of spotify was so good at technology, that he tried the software and computer courses at college, and was like (Nah, I don't need this.)
YoshiHunter_RedX I still use itunes
YoshiHunter_RedX Apple Music is a decent name
Beauty on a Barn Budget Apple Music is a streaming service and you get all songs for a monthly fee. iTunes you pay for every song or album
Apple is in the process of dropping all the "i" from its services and only keeping them in their hardware. They're taking the google approach and want "apple" in the name of as many things as possible.
iTunes carries a negative reputation due to it being bloated software. People hate iTunes.
You forgot to mention that some people who already had SPOTIFY do not like switching streaming platforms bc you basically have to start again: follow artists, save songs, make playlists, etc. I have Spotify Premium and YT Music (bc of YT Premium), but I almost never use YT Music.
i love this app wayyyy too much. ive gotten premium, the family pack one, and i love every second of using the app. not only the features on the phone, but also on the tv and laptop?? so good??? recently i think they introduced 'folders' for ur playlists which i was CRAVING for and its here now so my obsessive habit of making playlists can atleast be organized lol
i use spotify premium, partially because it was hard to go back to the free one, but mostly because with premium you can play albums in order instead of having to shuffle it lol, thats a big deal to me.
You can do that on Apple Music and it’s on every device. Windows, Android, smart TVs.
Spotify has been my favorite app for almost a decade.
A big plus that is missed in this video is that it a user interface that feels like more effort was put into it than all its competitors. People underestimate just how many people this small thing brings in.
I have been a premium subscriber since 2015 and I feel like I can't live without it at this point.
SoundCloud - why we’re trying to catch up
So much ads now if your not a paid member. It used to be so good before but now the ads are so long and so frequent
Soundcloud is SO much better
I use them for remixes
@rannol nope.
@@ramirezer2302 It's a shame what has happened to SoundCloud. They went downhill right after they started publishing music from the big record labels because, for some reason, they now wanted to become like Spotify even though the entire reason they became popular to begin with was that they were a platform for bedroom producers/indie musicians but now they also have to pay for the rights to the music from those record labels and consequently need to come up with a way to make up for that.
They should've stuck with what they were: a platform for amateur artists to upload stuff to and share. Maybe adding something like Twitch did with a way to directly support the artists and a subscription model similar to Prime for its users, and something else for the producers. Were they smart they would've made mutually-beneficial deals with the pro-audio software/hardware companies and attempted to advertise and push those products to the producers at a discount.
Almost 1 Million subscribers!
Man i remember coming across your video when searching Kmart because they were closing... Then watched the Blockbuster vid.
I think you had less than 100K at the time
That 3 month trial premium was genius cause it get you hooked that when it was over you were willing to spend the bag on it
Spotify is great because it will literally have anything from music in movies or cultural music like Japanese or Mongolian where other services won’t have these songs.
The family plan- $15 a month for 5 premium accounts works for my family and is so affordable!
I also love the ability to share accounts with friends and share playlists and see what everyone is listening too.
And lastly the wrapped analysis of all the music you listened to in a year is really satisfying to see and an extra cherry in the top that just makes customers happy :)
My Wife and I are on Spotify Premium Family. I've tried them all and like Spotify the best. Plus I'd rather not give Apple and Google any additional money.
The ads are annoying, but I’m not spending $10 a month for premium bc I don’t have the money. And the 6 skips an hour isn’t a problem for me
Wendy's Twitter that’s fine, I problem used Spotify for about 3 years in my teens before I actually upgraded 😆
Free hulu
Wendy's Twitter Just use audiomack
Ethan Chun yeah I do that too
i think you can do a family plan with a few friends tho they have to be good on the money cuz payment is from one card.
CZcams premium comes with free Google play and CZcams music! So I’m watching your videos without ads and listening to music without ads. I haven’t seen a geico commercial since your geico analysis. Love your stuff, it’s like a history course, but for business. Thanks for making learning fun!
I'm always okay with streaming music on WiFi, getting some ads, and normal quality
But within just two weeks of trying Spotify, it completely changed my mind about paying premium
The recommendation, features, UI experience, seamless multi device usage, and huge library blew my mind
It is like the benchmark for audio streaming services which others haven't achieved yet
I've paid and tested other services as well, but no one comes close
I can only imagine Spotify will become unknowingly huge by the end of 2022. The numbers are skyrocketing. Despite being negative right now.
Their last quarter hearing had them make a profit. Although many doubt it's going to keep going.
Spotify helps me find new bands when recommended.
CZcams has songs that (for current bands) arent necessarily the best of the band or singer, just most recent or trending.
Spotify gives a top 5 that helps me judge based on those best of the best.
I went from being super stuck onto CZcams Music (Like watching Music on CZcams.) to trying out the 3-month free plan offer they had last year when school started. And oh man, I cannot go back, I absolutely cannot go back to any other music platform in any serious way. The downloads were so convenient, rather than having to find good MP3s here and there, or source music files without the cover art, I can just find the artist's name on Spotify, find an album of theirs, and download all of that in one go, and most of the time it downloaded so quickly that when my school bus had arrived and I wanted to download a certain album, I'd just click on the download, and right before my wi-fi disconnects and I get on the bus, It's all downloaded.
Of course I'm not sure how I'll be able to find FLACs on Spotify, but still. Spotify offers a lot for what it is, and if it wasn't for the quarantine situation keeping us students indoors in Asia, I would be paying out of pocket for Spotify, it's just too amazing.
I hope all artists stay on the platform, and that Spotify doesn't mess something up that makes artists leave, it's kinda like Netflix, if enough of your favorite artists leave, why would you even bother paying for it? But I guess Music and Shows/Movies have different rights and etc... And also is Spotify Premium seriously $10/month? Wow, honestly for what it is, I'd rather have that than pay for Apple Music.
It seems like Spotify has now inked a deal with Samsung to promote its service as well. I recently purchased a Samsung Galaxy Note 20 Ultra and on the invoice was a 6 months free subscription to Spotify (premium of course). When I opened the Spotify app and went to select a plan, I could see the free month option, student free 3 month option, and because I was on a Samsung device I could also see the 6 month free Samsung option (which I couldn't see on any other device). This came at the perfect time as I had just signed up for the free service because Google play is discontinuing in favor of CZcams Music. After having YTMusic for a few weeks I've found bugs in it especially when connecting through Android Auto (surprising since they are both Alphabet companies). This prompted me to sign up for the Samsung special and I will be continuing once the free portion runs out. Spotify is making the right partnerships and the right deals at the right time to increase not only the market share, but also the revenue and profitability.
As an independant artist, Spotify is pretty awesome for getting your music out to the world, though each stream is worth about $0.002. The thing that really sucks is that the service you use to get your music on Spotify usually takes a portion as well. My band had 17k streams this year, but we only got $40.
Well that's good cause If you're band did the math 17,000 plays times 0.002 is 34 dollars soo u got extra dumbass
@@ashtxn5735 I rounded both times for the sake of generalization. At least I create shit instead of wasting my time trying to make people feel bad about themselves in a world that's already a shithole.
@@suyashsingh9865 I'm aware of that, but it doesn't make it any less difficult to at least make back what was put into production.
I've had the paid premium service since 2013! I use it every day
TY MCCANN I joined last year October from Apple Music. I’m glad I made the switch, it’s so much better!
i love spotify and im so glad i did the free trial and then upgraded. its the one monthly subscription id keep no matter what. and the music recommendations are INSANELY GOOD.
Been using Spotify since 2012. Worth it
the only time i haven’t chosen apple over other companies is for spotify because it’s such a well made, high quality app, it’s easy to use and compatible with all of my devices i love it
So you are saying apple is high quality and well made?
Oh my poor sweet summer child..
riddell26 it is tho?
sheep ^
A M imagine having opinions about things lmaooo
Dyno1010 imagine having experience with both companies and knowing for yourself which one is better
I have had the free spotify for the last five years and still haven't used my free 3 months premium.
I like spotify bc of the fact that you can listen to most songs out there minus the region locked and parody songs I like to listen to that haven't been published on spotify. For those more niche artists and songs I go to bandcamp and it's very easy to become an artist on there too. On the band amp app you do have limited times you can listen to that one song until you buy the digital download of the album which isn't that expensive since the most I've seen is like 10 USD. Idk what are the royalty fees are there for the artists that sell the music on bandcamp but I know for sure it's a good place to directly to support smaller artists
My Spotify glitched and I get absolutely no ads on my phone. I can't download songs but I can select any song without shuffle. Weird, since on my dad's phone and my computer it has ads, although I can still select my songs without shuffle.
Spotify is great. However, I think the record labels are going to start pulling a Disney+ and withdraw their music for their own streaming services. Imagine paying $9 per month for the "big four" record label streaming services, and $9 per month for the other music on Spotify. It'll be $45 per month. I'm stocking up on CDs while they are the cheapest they have ever been. Spotify will get bigger and bigger and five years from now, it's going to have the same issues that Netflix has right now. Wait and see.
That's impossible mainly because record labels are greedy it's much better to have 14 music streaming platforms paying you and having access to literally all of america through spotify and apple music amd the global market through spotify instead of partnering with one side plus spotify is much bigger than netflix
@@corradoscire5647 In Poland "labels" standard was 5-10% cut, but sometimes they go Zaiks (RIAA) they pay 20%
@@mateuszzimon8216 that just furthers proofs my point, they make much more revenue by getting 14 streaming platforms paying that fee so why just loose all that money by making it exclusive?
Oh boy, here I go pirating again
I still come back to this comment sometimes. When it comes true, I’ll be back to learn your ways
I never regretted leaving Apple Music, love Spotify!
The Free version of Spotify on computer is actually pretty amazing. You can skip as many songs as you want and you only have ads once every hour, if that.
The Free version on the phone sucks. You can only skip songs 6 times (?) then you have to wait around an hour to skip more and the ads are constantly there.
ayo which background songs do you use? my mum listens to one of these songs before a news thing starts. it feels real nostalgic and I just want to know the name lmao
I found it ironic that I got a Spotify ad for this I also got one when I got Spotify++
Your timing is impeccable! Literally just got Spotify an hour ago and started trying to make my playlist.
Cherry Bubbles Spotify is awesome
One of the great things about getting old as you stop caring about new music and so practically every song that I want listen to I already have in MP3 or CD form or I can just find the song on CZcams or tune into your favorite local 80s and 90s radio
Nice video and I would add one more major reason: The Android appeal. I mean, there is Google Play Music and even Apple Music on Android devices but taking myself as an example, always when I buy a new smartphone, Spotify is always the first thing I think about.