Music streaming subscription (Spotify)
Streaming de música por suscripción (Spotify)
- Date
- 2008 · confidence high
- Place
- Spotify, Stockholm, Sweden
- Credited to
- Daniel Ek and Martin Lorentzon
- People
- 👤 Daniel Ek1983–👤 Martin Lorentzon1969–
- Field
- Communication
What it is
Instant access to an entire music catalogue for a monthly fee or with advertising, with algorithmic playlists. It ended piracy and the ownership of music.
What it led to
- The subscription model for all cultural goods
- Algorithmic recommendation of taste and the per-stream economy for artists
- The resurgence of vinyl as an object
Built on
Made possible
- algorithmic playlists
- subscription podcast