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				If you could listen to any songs, as often as you like, wherever, whenever, and on as many devices as you own, what would that be worth?  I'm talking about unlimited music, including new releases and every old song that exists.
 
 
So, if you had to pay monthly or annually, how much would it be worth to you?
 
 
For the sake of this conversation assume that the music would work on any modern device that had internet capability.  Cell phones, TVs, computers, etc...
				 
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			Valdronius
		
		 
		
			
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				$0. I'm content with free radio.
				 
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			Kubo
		
		 
		
			
				
			 
			
				
			 
			
			
				
			 
			
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				$10/month seems fair.  They'd have to make it cheap enough to de-incentivize the number of ways I could score any song from any era for free.
				 
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			i'll_bite_your_ear
		
		 
		
			
				
			 
			
				
			 
			
			
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				20 euro a month (circa 17-18 Dollars).
				 
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			JoshWoodzy
		
		 
		
			
				
			 
			
				
			 
			
			
				
			 
			
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| Valdronius wrote: | 
 
| $0. I'm content with free radio. | 
 
 
				 
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			Alowishus
		
		 
		
			
				
			 
			
				
			 
			
			
				
			 
			
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				£5 a month but only if it meant ALL music.
 
 
I want to listen to obscure shit.
				 
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			HardcoreGamer4Ever
		
		 
		
			
				
			 
			
				
			 
			
			
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				$907,896,142,365,708,959,123,456,789,100.97
				 
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			pineapple
		
		 
		
			
				
			 
			
				
			 
			
			
				
			 
			
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				Stop making us look like we're the fucking morons...oh, wait.
				 
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			Char Aznable
		
		 
		
			
				
			 
			
				
			 
			
			
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				Torrents don't exist? $10-$15 a month tops.
				 
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			Atma
		
		 
		
			
				
			 
			
				
			 
			
			
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| $0. I'm content with free radio. | 
 
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			Cameron
		
		 
		
			
				
			 
			
				
			 
			
			
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				$0. I prefer physical copies of my music.
				 
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			Greg the White
		
		 
		
			
				
			 
			
				
			 
			
			
				
			 
			
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				All the rap and country (But not Johnny Cash) I could ever want? I would pay a fortune for that!
				 
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				If the catalogue was endless and the UI was exceptional, I'd pay $5/mo.  Since it takes just a little work to get this stuff for free(not even illegal), it would have to be a great system for me to pay for it.
				 
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				I spend about 1000$ in a year. That is, to lp's and cd's. 
 
 
For unlimited amount of music that can be streamed from anywhere, maybe 200$ - assuming that they've got pretty much everything I'm interested in. Spotify is almost there, but it needs to improve its selection. Most new releases that interest me, are not in Spotify, unfortunately. 
 
 
If we're talking about unlimited downloads, then the price should be lot higher. I think that works better, if you just need to buy the album in a digital form.
				 
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			Black Zarak
		
		 
		
			
				
			 
			
				
			 
			
			
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				Only three monthly payments of just $9.95!
				 
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				If they can craft a service that plays what I want to hear, I'd be willing to pay quite a bit.
 
 
This doesn't seem to be the case though. Good punk especially is a bitch to find on services like these.
				 
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