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\nThe spread of free music has proliferated since the earliest days of the internet, starting with shady peer-to-peer services like Napster and LimeWire and progressing to legal, ad-supported platforms like Spotify and YouTube. Iovine thinks it’s wrong, and insists artists should get paid for their work.<\/p>\n
However, he admitted that free music is “so technically good” that many people simply aren’t willing to pay up. In fact, he said if Apple Music were to offer a free tier like Spotify, it “would have 400 million people on it” and make his job a lot easier. But that’s not what he nor Apple believe in.<\/p>\n
I\u2019ve put my money where my mouth is: Beats Music didn\u2019t have a free tier. Apple Music doesn\u2019t have a free tier.<\/p>\n
I\u2019m not just talking it; I\u2019m walking it. That\u2019s why I aligned with Eddy and Tim and Steve. They thought the same way.<\/p>\n
I think what\u2019s going on [with free music] is wrong. I just do.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
To change that, he said “you’ve got to put everything into making the experience for people who are paying feel special.”<\/p>\n
Iovine believes that “people who pay for subscriptions should be advantaged,” something Apple Music aims to accomplish with a lineup of original content in the works, including Carpool Karaoke: The Series<\/a>, Vital Signs<\/a>, Planet of the Apps<\/a>, and an upcoming documentary with Harry Styles<\/a>.<\/p>\n
In the beginning of Apple Music, I was very frustrated; I tried to fight [Spotify] and all those things.<\/p>\n
Now all we can do is make Apple Music such a special place that people want to come and that will encourage more people [to subscribe].<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
Apple Music has also had exclusives with major artists such as Chance the Rapper, Drake, Frank Ocean, and Taylor Swift, and Iovine said those deals will continue occasionally, but he admitted that record labels “don’t seem to like it.”<\/p>\n
Iovine continues to believe that Apple Music will be “on the forefront of popular culture,” a sentiment he has echoed in many<\/a> interviews<\/a>.<\/p>\n
Interview<\/strong>: “Musicians Taught Me Everything. Without Them, I’m Working On The Docks<\/a>“<\/p>\n
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