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  • What gives Spotify the ability to raise prices?

    What gives Spotify the ability to raise prices?

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    Kerik
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    Spotify just raised its prices for the second time in a year. Customers, including myself, groaned, but will they unsubscribe? Stockholders don’t think so. On Monday, the day the price increase was announced, its stock price rose 5.7%. Spotify enjoys the highest customer retention of any audio or video streaming service. Just 1.5% of customers…

  • What does Apple do wrong?

    What does Apple do wrong?

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    Kerik
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    Introduction I am writing this on my MacBook, listening to music on my AirPods, with my iPhone in my pocket and an Apple Watch on my wrist. Apple has had my generation (Z) in a chokehold for as long as I can remember. The Beginnings: My First Apple Device The first personal device I ever…