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		qzw on Aug 30, 2021 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Apple acquires classical music streaming service P... Likely just an acquihire. I love classical music and never heard of Primephonic, so the user base was probably not that significant, at least by Apple standards.

shatnersbassoon on Aug 30, 2021 | [–]

I was working in that space two years ago, and we estimated from triangulation of sources that they had around 10K paying users.

sonthonax on Aug 30, 2021 | [–]

Would an acquihire make sense though? Apple already has expertise streaming music.

It’d be quite expensive simply growing the Music team by buying a profitable company.

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