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jonathan
@pomajp · founder/ceo, rocketcode.io
It's really interesting to see online music kinda come full circle.
First it was pandora. Playlists by artist or song -- you could add variety, but it was algorithmic. They called it "the music genome project" and they had a 10-year head start on anyone else. With that, they're still (even more?) relevant today.
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Ryan Hoover
@rrhoover · Founder, Product Hunt
Beats Music has received a ton of hype these past few months. It was originally posted here: http://www.producthunt.co/posts/93
They offer a 7-day trial but otherwise Beats Music is a paid-only service. Curious to hear what people think about it.
Andy Keil
@alwaysunday · Product at Rodio
I wouldn't be so quick to write off Spotify/Rdio. Spotify alone has 24m users: https://www.spotify.com/us/2013/
As an Rdio user who likes having open-ended choice, I'm trying Beats for the 7-day trial exclusively to see what I miss compared to Rdio. The userbase on Rdio has me pretty locked in.
A friend that works at Beats Music has been hyping the platfor… See more
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Lyle McKeany
@lylemckeany · growth marketer
I am doing a similar experiment @alwaysunday. Some people I know feel very locked in to Spotify & Rdio and I don't expect them to go anywhere anytime soon. That being said, I think the competitive advantage Beats has is through their partnership with AT&T. Having the $9.99 packaged into a cell phone bill provides a much lower barrier to acquire users… See more
jonathan
@pomajp · founder/ceo, rocketcode.io
@alwaysunday definitely not writing @rdio off...i actually pay for / subscribe to Rdio, Pandora and Songza.
I don't think beats will make the cut for me based on my experience with it today, but if it did...i'd probably stop subscribing to both pandora and songza but keep Rdio.
@lylemckeany that partnership's interesting. I have AT&T. Could I still pa… See more