There was a time when Spotify had no rival. Especially for its extensive catalog of music and artists. Then the Podcasts arrived and they made the platform skyrocket. It is not that now it is below, for example, Apple Music, but it is true that right now, that of Apple has a certain advantage and it is called Lossless Audio. Something that passionate music lovers. It seems that this advantage will continue for a while, because there is no sign of Spotify adding this capability. At least for now.
Spotify will have that lossless audio but it is not known when
In 2021, Spotify was looking at the possibility of launching an option to listen to music in HiFi on the market. That is, in a lossless audio mode. But Apple Music went ahead and released its version. And he succeeded. Spotify had no choice but to fallow it for later. However, this break, which in principle was going to be temporary, has not worked and two years later we know nothing at all.
The worst thing is that there have been interviews with the CEO of Spotify, he says that at the time they were going to launch it, the industry changed radically and now they can’t wait to launch that functionality on the market. They hide behind saying that cWhen they launch it, they want to do it in a way that makes sense for users and for the company itself. Meanwhile, others are launching this functionality at no added cost to users. That’s where the shots can come from. Because they don’t want it to be completely free. I do not know, it is my opinion.
According to a report from The Verge, Spotify has had a HiFi tier available for over a year with employees who can access it. In it, Soderstrom, CEO of the Spotify company, did not specifically mention competitors or existing agreements. Nor when they were going to launch that lossless audio model nor if it would be free or paid. It sounds like you want it to be paid for, but with your competitors offering it for free, we have a big problem if you want to charge for it.
We will see how this is resolved, because one thing is clear. It continues to be the first for its large catalog but you can’t always live on that. Audio quality is something we all want and for free, because others offer it to us in this way.
