Gee, I Wonder Why People Aren’t Paying for Streaming Music Services…

Why doesn’t Spotify have more paying subscribers?  The reasons are simple: (1) people are already subscribing to way too many other things, and (2) those other ‘things’ make free music way too easy to access.

From a just-published survey from Blackhawk Engagement Solutions (notice music isn’t even on the questionnaire):

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And when it comes to music services, they typically prefer the free stuff…

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Source: Industry News