Apple Blocks Spotify in the U.S.

It seems a bit disingenuous to say that Apple is "blocking" it. They may be working against it -- and probably are -- but blocking implies Apple has some magical veto. It might be hard to believe, but this sort of thing is pretty normal in the capitalist wunderland.

I don't like the naive tone of this article. First, they describe the prospect of Apple fighting the service as 'sinister.'Second, they say Apple are trying to scare labels by saying Spotify generates little revenue, which must be 'scaremongering' because Apple obviously 'don't care about record label profits.'<p>There's nothing mysterious going on here... Spotify just doesn't make any significant money for anyone. It's a big free party that could disrupt proper businesses.<p>I also don't see how Apple are 'almost inevitably' going to launch a Spotify style service. Where's their evidence for that, outside a large data-centre being built - which could be for any number of purposes.

don't doubt this story for one second. consumers may love the service, but no way they achieve the 10% conversion rates that the labels have called for.<p>spotify has talked a big game, but their "imminent" US launch has yet to happen...and i'm not convinced it ever will.<p>all said, i'd love to see daniel ek (spotify ceo) &#38; steve jobs at the same table...

Funny how it so many journalists believe that Apple would need a huge $1 billion data center to do streaming when Spotify obviously doesn't.