Really? What about the anti-Spotify&#x27;s like HypeMachine? Fiercely independent, trendspotting&#x2F;trendsetting, and sustainable. It&#x27;s a very valuable service to lots of folks.<p>IMO Spotify&#x2F;Rdio&#x2F;Pandora could only ever hope to go the advertising route over subscription because they couldn&#x27;t crack the much harder distribution problem (e.g. the HypeM&#x27;s, SoundCloud&#x27;s, Drip&#x27;s, etc).