Are We Dealing With a World of Abundance?

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In a world of abundance, it doesn't make sense to price on an incremental basis. And that's the brilliance of streaming uut at the napster model. Instead of trying to charge scarce prices for abundant goods, what if we embraced abundance and said, oh, you want music? Here's all the music in the world, rit laing.

Ben and James discuss the history of podcasts and why Spotify’s recent announcements are so compelling for creators.

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Ben Thompson: Spotify’s Surprise — Stratechery
Episode 185 — Open, Free, and Spotify — Exponent
Ben Thompson: Podcasts, Analytics, and Centralization — Stratechery
Ben Thompson: Spotify’s Podcast Aggregation Play — Stratechery
Ben Thompson: Dithering and Open Versus Free — Stratechery
Ben Thompson: Spotify Earnings, Podcasts and Lifetime Value, The Ringer Acquisition — Stratechery
Ben Thompson: The European Super League, Apple Music’s Letter to Artists — Stratechery
Ben Thompson: Podcast Subscriptions vs. the App Store — Stratechery
Ben Thompson: Fearing Spotify?, Apple’s Earnings, Margins and Chips — Stratechery