Rebecca Week 10 - Spotify, my Beloved

 Whether you use Spotify or Apple Music, you have to admit Spotify is better. I remember my dad mentioning ‘The Playlist,’ a show about Spotify’s origins. I haven’t quite had a chance to watch it, but we’ve discussed how revolutionary Spotify was as a company. 

It was founded on- as I was writing this, I freaked out, apparently, Spotify is one day older than me- April 23rd, 2006, and launched later in 2008. At this time, you would typically have to buy physical copies of an album like CDs, or you could pirate it. Pirating grew as access to the internet increased, but download time was lengthy, and it wasn’t easy to find the song you were looking for. 

   

The first “streaming” service was Napster, but it also required you to download the song with the possibility of viruses. Napster was problematic because not all songs uploaded were licensed; it took possible money from artists and their record companies. 


Daniel Ek worked with Martin Lorentzon to create an application that didn’t force a download time on you for each song; you could click it, and it’d play. Spotify was originally made to share files faster in general, but they eventually zeroed in on licensed music. This would ease the loss of earnings for record companies and the artists themselves. It’s classified as a “freemium” service, meaning you can listen for free with ads and some limitations or pay for extra features. Spotify changed the industry. Music stopped being sold exclusively physically and pirating significantly decreased because there was no longer a reason for it. New technology opened the door to a new idea, and after a few tries, it succeeded. 


I’m not sure exactly when I found Spotify, but I can confidently say I’ve been a constant music consumer. One of my oldest playlists has songs that were added in 2018, and I finally decided to pay for premium at the beginning of this year when I saw my “Spotify Wrapped.” More recently, Spotify added this feature in 2015 to report your listening trends in a genuinely fun way. My goal this year has been to listen more than last year, but I’m not sure I was able to meet it. 

Do you prefer Spotify or another listening platform? 



[Used this site to fact-check/remember what my dad had told me about]

Comments

  1. Eva GottesfeldNovember 30, 2022 at 8:23 AM

    Wow! You listen to Spotify a lot! I like using Spotify too, but I don't use it for my podcast-listening. Your time on Spotify was more than quadruple of my time.

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  2. AnonymousNovember 30, 2022 at 3:29 PM

    I love Spotify so much. I think if it shut down, I would go with it.

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  3. AnonymousDecember 1, 2022 at 5:46 PM

    73k hours of listening time is pretty impressive. I only got to 12k hours on my Apple Music recap. I only really starting listening to music frequently a few months ago, and my life has changed ever since.

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  4. AnonymousDecember 3, 2022 at 4:24 PM

    That's a whole lot of minutes! I use apple music and only really starting listening to a lot of music this year so Im no where near the amount you have. In my opinion though I think apple music is better than Spotify just because of the UI and design.

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  5. AnonymousDecember 7, 2022 at 8:58 PM

    This is such an interesting blog! I have noticed a trend regarding a service existing and a decrease in piracy (unlike today with oversaturated services). I find it funny how Spotify and you are so close in age because listening to music may be in your blood (based on occurrence) as much as math is in your blood (based on genetics).

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  6. Johny IounatanovDecember 9, 2022 at 2:12 PM

    Personally, I use apply music just because I find it more aesthetically pleasing, however im planning on switching to Spotify now just because of this end of the year feature; I find it super interesting.

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