What is the real reason Spotify nixed Musixmatch?
Well, according to a DMN source, Spotify doesn’t want to pay nothing to publishers and songwriters for the simple reason that lyrics usage could be massive and they may end up having low margins.
According to Spotify, the feature is unavailable due to ‘big improvements to the feature’, and they promise they will share the ‘updates soon’ with their users.
But, Musixmatch released a statement that read…
“Musixmatch is no longer available within Spotify desktop. It was a great partnership and there is mutual respect between both companies as our business strategies move us each in different directions. We regret the end of this partnership… we will not allow anybody to ignore our business model.”
Musixmatch is that little button located next to the play bar on Spotify desktop which once allowed users to access lyrics to the songs they are playing so they can sing along. But, that feature is no longer available, regardless of the button still being present, it doesn’t actually populate any results.
Many Spotify users took to Twitter to share their disappointment of the lack of the feature. It’s strange of Spotify to disregard favourable features at a time where the music streaming market has fierce competition, but I guess the terms of the agreement were not what Spotify wanted so they simply wiped it out.
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