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jmtulloss on Dec 12, 2011 | parent | context | favorite | on: Why Spotify can never be profitable: The secret de...

the problem I see with Amazon is nobody uses their consumer facing media services. They need to get people to use them to have an impact.

hendzen on Dec 12, 2011 [–]

They are making an impact (with authors) by starting their own book publishing service. I could see Apple as the party with the market position to do something similar with music.

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