Sources: Spotify HiFi as a premium tier was ready to launch over a year ago, but Apple's decision to offer lossless audio at no extra charge spoiled its plans
Even though Spotify HiFi still hasn't launched after being announced more than two years ago, some kind of lossless experience …
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@nicholasadeleon
Nicholas De Leon
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“Spotify employees have access to HiFi. But since it was originally intended to cost more than the standard plan (and thus boost Spotify's average revenue per user), the launch was spoiled by Apple bundling lossless into Apple Music for free.” https://www.theverge.com/...
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@tvgrimreaper
@tvgrimreaper
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Being in the streaming music business against a gigantic profit insensitive competitor is brutal. Imagine* being in the streaming video business against two of them. *don't @ me with your pedantic points about how the music & video businesses differ. https://twitter.com/...
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@chriswelch
Chris Welch
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Over the past few weeks I've learned that Spotify HiFi has basically been ready to go for over a year. Employees have access to it. The entire song catalog has been reingested in lossless. But Apple and Amazon broke the financial incentive, which made Spotify rethink everything. …
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@scobleizer
Robert Scoble
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@verge What about Dolby Atmos? Apple is completely eviscerating Spotify in my home, which has a top of the line Sonos system in it. It isn't even close in my home.
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@alexeheath
Alex Heath
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Was great chatting with Spotify co-president @GustavS for the latest episode of @DecoderPod. We talked about Spotify's big redesign last week, why the company restructured earlier this year, and more https://www.theverge.com/...