It seems that today is the day to talk about streaming music services. Although those of you who know me a little will already know that I am not very much in favor of this type of option in which, when you stop paying, you are left with absolutely nothing, the truth is that this relatively new business model it grows in number of users and billing with each passing day, and I would almost dare to say that it could be the solution to piracy music in the same way that Netflix and similar services could be the solution to video piracy, although it will never be one hundred percent.
In any case, Apple Music is already on its way to celebrating a couple of years with us. Since then there have been changes, both in content and in design. The service has grown and already has "good pasts", as Eddy Cue said, 20 million paying users, but it still does not reach Spotify, which has already exceeded 50 million. But Apple Music and Spotify aren't the only options.
Current outlook for streaming music
Coinciding with the throwing of pandora premium, the new subscription modality that this service has announced to try to position itself in the line of Apple Music or Spotify, we take the opportunity to review the current panorama of streaming music services, and this despite the fact that Pandora is only available in the United States, Australia and New Zealand. pandora premium is a streaming music service on demand that for a flat rate of $ 9,99 allows the user to listen to all the music they want from its catalog.
Well, even though Pandora Premium is not available in Spain, it is a good excuse to make a brief comparison of the main music streaming services.
Today, Spotify continues to be the most popular music streaming service with more than 50 million paying subscribers. On the other hand, Apple Music already has "well past" 20 million subscribers, according to statements by Eddy Cue.
And although it seems that there is only Apple Music and Spotify, the truth is that it is not like that, and also there are other options, Although this will depend on the area where you live as not all services, as we have seen in the case of Pandora Premium, are available in all countries.
Sometimes, the price or the music catalog is not everything when deciding which streaming music service to hire, for example, the smartphone that is used is an important factor although, as you can imagine, that's how we pull the iPhone.
The following classification table has been elaborate by the companions of the 9to5Mac web, and they already warn us of these and other aspects to take into account. One of them is that many details about pandora premium like the quality of transmission and download of the songs, if there will be a family plan, and so on. However, as we said, apart from the United States, Australia and New Zealand, pandora premium It is a service that matters little to us, at least for now.
On the other hand, some services have been left out of the table, such as the SoundCloud payment platform, for an obvious and justified reason: the type of music it offers is not the same as Apple Music, Tidal or Spotify, it is independent music and a platform aimed at a different audience niche.
And finally, before viewing the table, I will make one last personal observation: I am very suspicious of the similarity of prices between one platform and another. We know that record companies, who refuse to sacrifice a penny, and the services themselves have the same attitude towards their profit margins have a lot to do with this. This eliminates much of the price factor at the level of competition, and allows services to try to differentiate themselves in content and services to try to attract the subscriber.
