Music Ownership Beats Music Subscription in Reader Poll
In last week’s Faceoff Series we asked about music consumption models: Do Mashable readers prefer to own their entire music collections or do some of you gravitate toward subscription services?
One week later and the results are in: Ownership wins the day at a full 50% of the vote. Of all our past Faceoffs, though, this edition had one of the highest “tie” votes constituting people who really like both models. The music subscription model still came in second place behind ownership at 28% of the vote, but the “Tie: I like them both!” option was very close behind at 22%.
The results seem to indicate both a growing contingent of folks warming up to the idea of music subscription services, and the idea that there could be room in the market for both approaches to be sustainable business models. Which option got your vote in our poll, and why? Let us know in the comments!
Who would win in a fight: Music subscription, or music ownership?(poll)
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I use streaming services to experiment with music outside of my comfort zone. Grooveshark and Pandora have both helped me find lots of new music that I eventually bought.
I use streaming services to experiment with music outside of my comfort zone. Grooveshark and Pandora have both helped me find lots of new music that I eventually bought.
I use streaming services to experiment with music outside of my comfort zone. Grooveshark and Pandora have both helped me find lots of new music that I eventually bought.
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Ownership doesn't exactly win. it's still a tie: 50% are currently okay with the subscribing and if this is going to keep being the future model people will get used to it.
I'm one of the ones that prefers to own the music.
I'm one of the ones that prefers to own the music.
I'm one of the ones that prefers to own the music.