Roger Fingas
Deezer on Tuesday opened up its plans to the entire U.S., putting the on-demand music service in true competition with Spotify, Tidal, and Apple Music for the first time.
Previously U.S. access was limited to Cricket subscribers, or people with Bose or Sonos audio hardware. Plans for the general public cost $9.99 per month — a more expensive Elite plan, with lossless FLAC streaming, is still reserved for Sonos owners, and there's no free tier in the States despite the option existing elsewhere.
The service's two signature features are Flow — a personalized radio station similar to Pandora's Thumbprint Radio — and podcasts by way of Stitcher.
While Deezer is largely unknown in the U.S., it's available in over 180 countries and has over 6 million paid subscribers. That puts it behind Apple Music's 15 million, and Spotify's 30 million, but the gap could potentially close slightly with access to one of the world's most important markets.
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I wonder is Deezer makes a profit? Sportify loses like 200 million a year currently. They have never made a profit. All them free users are a huge drain. That can't last forever. At some point no one will be willing to hand them million more. It's like Android and iOS, the only thing Investors seem to care about are the numbers, as in MarketShare, not that you are actually making a profit!!!
Like the old eyeball counting bubble days. Will fail like Pandora is failing,
They're sure to get rich with this scheme, and quick!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8QuSuKcrAeU
Deezer are advertising quite heavily on TV in the UK at the moment. IMHO, the Ad sucks.
The Voice used appears to be that of Tom Baker (a former Dr Who).