If you’re saying that Spotify is ”open” because they openly share their thoughts than I would agree with you.
However, if you consider limiting a user’s access to music to simply an online flash player unless they pay a subscription fee “open” than I strongly disagree.
The subscription business model is very 20th century. It is already failing for magazines and newspapers, so where is the evidence that it will succeed for music?
Subscriptions are just not effective when there are free (legal or illegal) alternatives to be had.
The answer to piracy is even more openness, not less.
"Subscriptions are just not effective when there are free (legal or illegal) alternatives to be had."
Sky would argue with that, the decline of old broadcast mediums has little to do subscriptions, most of the most successful web applications around use a saas subscription model, I dont see whats 20th century about it, at all.
beats the hell out of trying get people to click on adverts.
However, if you consider limiting a user’s access to music to simply an online flash player unless they pay a subscription fee “open” than I strongly disagree.
The subscription business model is very 20th century. It is already failing for magazines and newspapers, so where is the evidence that it will succeed for music?
Subscriptions are just not effective when there are free (legal or illegal) alternatives to be had.
The answer to piracy is even more openness, not less.