context is everything
I'm saying that you are speculating.
your original question related to what people-who-do-not-want-to-pay will listen to . . as long as the others you mention are ad-based/free then, ok sure . . but terrestrial is still an alternative.
you're getting those internet connectivity options for free??
I agree.
I'm not suggesting anything about Pandora's motives . . The discussion is about TSL . . . I'm simply placing on the record the the fact that TSL is declining.
speculation
I'm not describing it . . I'm merely pointing-out the irrefutable correlation between smart phone penetration and Pandora's declining TSL
speculation
yes, I found it laying on the ground, trampled among all the blossoms at Osborne Acres, and worried that Tyler might have overlooked it; I picked it up, put it in my little basket, and skipped right over here to the forums to give it to Tyler.
Yes, most definitely . . . so long as the presentation is balanced. For example, he might then also delve into a valid point that you raised earlier:
"you have to weed out all of the trial listeners that simply walked away. Until someone (or Pandora) weeds out the fluff (inactive accounts) from the data, I dont care and neither should anyone else. I want to know what percentage of their users are active.'
Many "users" here may not have known what ARPU, OEM, SAC or SAAR were either, or what to make of them . . until they learned about them in one of Tyler's articles.
btw . . . your "average user here" may be a bit more sophisticated than you are giving credit for . . .