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# VOTE: Should Spotify & Other Streaming Music Services Also Sell Downloads?
- URL: https://www.hypebot.com/vote-should-spotify-other-streaming-music-services-also-sell-downloads/
- Published: 2013-01-04T13:20:56.000Z
- Updated: 2013-01-04T13:20:56.000Z
- Description: Spotify just stopped offering it’s users in the UK and Europe the option of purchasing paid downloads. (full story here) U.S.users have never had that option. Should Spotiify and other. Continue reading [https://www.hypebot.com/hypebot/2013/01/vote-should-spotify-other-streaming-music-services-also-
- Author: Bruce Houghton
- Tags: Music Business, Streaming, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2026-01-21 10:49

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Spotify just stopped offering it’s users in the UK and Europe the option of purchasing paid downloads. ([full story here)](https://www.hypebot.com/hypebot/2013/01/spotify-drops-all-paid-downloads-.html) U.S.users have never had that option. Should Spotiify and other streaming music services also offer paid downloads?

| **Should Spotify and other streaming music services also sell downloads?** |
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| YES – Music discovery can lead to sales. Why not make it easy to buy?      |
| NO – Users that want to buy downloads can go to iTunes, Amazon, etc.       |
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