{"id":84149,"date":"2021-03-01T19:00:00","date_gmt":"2021-03-01T19:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/routenote.com\/blog\/?p=84149"},"modified":"2022-02-22T16:38:07","modified_gmt":"2022-02-22T16:38:07","slug":"apple-music-will-never-have-a-free-tier-according-to-their-head-of-music-publishing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/routenote.com\/blog\/apple-music-will-never-have-a-free-tier-according-to-their-head-of-music-publishing\/","title":{"rendered":"Apple Music will never have a free tier according to their head of music publishing"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><em>Image Credit: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.apple.com\/apple-music\/features\/\">Apple Music<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 style=\"user-select: auto;\"><span style=\"color: #3366ff; user-select: auto;\">The head of music publishing at Apple Music says the subscription-only music streaming service will never have an ad-supported model.<\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWe don\u2019t think that an ad-supported service can generate enough revenue to support a healthy overall ecosystem. And it would also really go against our fundamental values on privacy,&#8221; said Apple Music&#8217;s head of music publishing Elena Segal at <a style=\"user-select: auto;\" href=\"https:\/\/routenote.com\/blog\/apple-music-spotify-and-amazon-open-to-helping-artists-earn-more-from-streaming\/\">the UK Government hearing on the economics of music streaming.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Some music streaming services such as Spotify, YouTube Music, Amazon Music and Deezer have ad-supported free tiers, that can be limited in a number of areas, such as on-demand playback, number of track skips, devices, offline playback and sound quality. Others services such as Apple Music and TIDAL do not have free options, besides free trials. 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