Mark Mulligan asks why Netflix is profitable but not Spotify, and concludes:
The main reason for Netflix’s stronger position is that it owns so much of its content, while Spotify and co rent their content.
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Music is heavily influenced by quantitative factors. That it is art does not disprove this.
A musician making a song from love alone is steeped in ideas that reached her because of quantitative forces. If her song influences other musicians, it is only possible with the…