Indie labels stage another Spotify walkout — Tech News and Analysis gigaom.com · Archived on 17 Nov 2011 · Originally posted on Pinboard

"Until now, the argument in favor of streaming had broadly been that on-demand services fill the same sort of function as radio: a discovery system that leads to purchasing. But the NPD and NARM numbers suggest that, for many people at least, the opposite is true — having music streamed on demand made them less likely to purchase." It's getting harder to stomach Spotify and other streaming services with any hat on.