Here’s how I used to buy music (in chronological order):
1. Walk/bus to HMV to pay £13 for a single album from my favourite band (first album was three dollar bill y’all by limp bizkit)
2. Pay £0.79 for 1 track on iTunes for it to only work on Apple devices.
3. Free downloads

I love spotify. Here’s what I love:
– Subscription model payments (mine is integrated into phone contract). Roughly £12/month
– Track database is large
– Playlists – create your own, share others’, premade spotify ones – every need filled.
– Sharing capabilities – follow friends, see what they’re listening to now.
– Sonos integration – a little sluggish with updates but usable.

I believe the Spotify model is far superior and the future of music consumption lies here. However, it isn’t right in its current state and I support Taylor’s move to change it for the better. How can I used to have paid £13/album and 10 years on I pay £12/month for access to [millions] of albums. Perhaps Spotify is too cheap, perhaps they are making too much profit?

Spotify has 50 million users so it’s got the user base to make this work but I urge them to be more transparent and give revenue to the amazing artists, without which they wouldn’t have a business at all.