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Problems, Crashes and Errors of 8tracks TODAY
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Frequent failures of 8tracks
To state it simply, we're shutting down because we can't generate enough revenue, at our current scale, to cover royalties that continue to increase.
One could blame “the music industry” for the travails of 8tracks — the path to the grave has been well trodden by many digital music startups these last 20 years.
Launched in August 2008, 8tracks was one of the longest-established music streaming services until its shutdown at the end of 2019, with the admission that “we can't generate enough revenue, at our current scale, to cover royalties that continue to increase”.
The Stereo 8 Cartridge was created in 1964 by a consortium led by Bill Lear, of Lear Jet Corporation, along with Ampex, Ford Motor Company, General Motors, Motorola, and RCA Victor Records (RCA - Radio Corporation of America).
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