Tuesday June 26’s links
- Spotify, Amazon, Apple or YouTube? The Streaming-Music Showdown: Streaming is the future of music. Frankly, it’s the present: Services like Spotify and Apple Music already account for nearly two-thirds of the music industry’s revenue. Rather than buying one song or an album at a time, most people choose to pay about $10 a month for unlimited access to tens of millions of tracks.If you’re looking for a way to get into the streaming world, though, Spotify’s the obvious and best choice. It’s the Netflix of music; available almost everywhere, filled with great content, endlessly clever in the ways it helps you find stuff to watch. I wish it worked with Siri, but the in-app voice search works OK when I’m in the car.This race among music services is far from over, though. It won’t be decided by the largest library or the most exclusive content—or even the best app. It’s a battle of intelligence: curation and personalization, voice recognition and search. It’s a battle to be the one who responds when you turn to your speakers and shout, “Play me some music!”
