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Can't even seek through songs.

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[-] circuscritic@lemmy.ca 27 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Some subscriptions make sense for the consumer, or at least justifiable.

IMO a music service like Spotify is absolutely one of them.

Turning heated seats in a subscription? Burn in hell.

[-] ilinamorato@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

For sure. Subscriptions have to have some sort of value add, and in a world where I was king they'd be illegal otherwise. Spotify: songs you don't own are being delivered to you. Value add. Dropbox: storage you don't own is being provided to you. Value add. BMW's heated seat subscription: you already own the heaters, the controls, the vehicle, and are paying for the battery that energizes those heaters and the gasoline that charges the battery. No value add. That's just rent-seeking.

And speaking of rent...

[-] Fosheze@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

I would also even say that a show/movie subscription makes sense. Except all of the services have already preenshittified themselves to the point where it's literally more convient to just pirate everything.

So far spotify hasn't done that so I'll continue happily paying for spotify even though I'm a filthy pirate. Hell, spotify could double in price and I would still be perfectly happy with the service I'm getting.

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