Spotify announces price hike, right after CEO enrages music fans by claiming the cost of creating 'content' is 'close to zero'
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The latest price hike couldn't have come at a worse time
  • exanime@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    4 months ago

    It would be like, I don’t know, realizing after you’ve paid all of your bills and groceries everything you have $300 at the end of the month. Not a lot of wiggle room

    Well that depends… if I have only $300 at the end of the month but I have already paid every bill and allocated $1,000,000 for entertainment, another $1,000,000 for personal expenses, another $1,000,000 for pet services, etc etc etc… the $300 left mean nothing… why do I need “wiggle room” when I can not just wiggle but literally run in every direction until I get tired and still not hit any limits?

    The relatively small profit margin is a PR strategy… one that is working well on you giving you the false impression the company is “tight” when in reality, they are milking every bit of it before you get to that figure.

      • exanime@lemmy.worldEnglish
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        4 months ago

        if it makes you not buy into their subscription, then it’s poor PR… if it makes you think they are not greedy fucks, then it’s good PR

          • exanime@lemmy.worldEnglish
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            4 months ago

            if it makes you change your opinion of them but not enough to either pay them or stop paying them, then it means nothing to them

              • exanime@lemmy.worldEnglish
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                4 months ago

                Ok, my only goal in replying to you was to point out that, your surprise is based on some fake, very easily manipulable information… They do this manipulation in part to portrait themselves as something they are not, which is part of the PR strategy whether it works on you or not… that is all