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Thompson analyzes the emerging alliance between Spotify and Netflix against YouTube. Both companies face the same threat: YouTube's free, ad-supported model undermining their subscription businesses. Their response: exclusive content and superior curation.
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Thompson traces how consumers adapted to each content innovation — streaming (normal), binge-watching (normal), short-form video (normal) — and now expect unlimited content across all formats for minimal cost. Each innovation becomes the new baseline.
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YouTube is the most underestimated company in tech — its free model threatens every subscription media business
Thompson argues YouTube is the real threat to both Spotify and Netflix — not each other. YouTube offers free access to almost unlimited music and video content. For price-sensitive consumers, 'free with ads' beats 'subscription.' YouTube Music's growth is outpacing Spotify in key markets.Was this useful?