Encyclopedia of Opinion
Question
What is the best platform for streaming music?
Position1 of 5
Spotify is the best streaming service
Argument1 of 3

Spotify is the best music streaming service because of its listen offline feature

Download tracks or entire playlists which are available on your device with or without Internet.

The argument

Most subscription based music services require an internet connection for you to be able to play music, which is not ideal if you are living in a rural area without good connection. Using mobile data instead to play music can cost a lot of money because streaming music takes up a lot of bandwidth. This is why Spotify's offline services are so useful. If you pay for Spotify Premium, you can create playlists that you can download onto your device, meaning you can listen to music even when there is no internet connection. The amount of playlists you can download has no limit as far as Spotify is concerned, and only depends on the amount of storage space on your phone or other device. You can also download a wide range of podcasts to listen to offline, if you don't just want to stream music. Additionally, Spotify offers a free trial for Premium users so they can see what it's like to use offline mode and download content. This means they have time to test out Spotify's features and see whether it's suitable for them before they purchase a subscription.

Premises

[P1]Most streaming services require an internet connection, which is costly or unreliable in rural areas, whereas Spotify Premium lets users download unlimited playlists and podcasts to listen offline, limited only by device storage. [P2] Spotify also offers a free Premium trial so listeners can test offline mode and downloads before committing to a subscription. [C] Because its offline capability solves a problem rivals leave unaddressed, Spotify is the best music streaming service.

Counter-arguments

You can only download content to listen to offline if you pay for Spotify's Premium service, meaning you'll need an internet connection in order to play songs if you use their free service. Nearly all music streaming services now have the option to download songs or playlists offline, therefore Spotify is not pushing boundaries with this feature.

Rejecting the premises

[Rejecting P1] The premise attributes to one service a feature the field shares — every major subscription service supports offline downloads on its paid tier — so the comparison it rests on is false, and the rural-connectivity case it opens with applies equally to all of them. [Rejecting P2] A free trial is a marketing term rather than a property of the product, changes frequently, and is likewise offered by competitors; and offline listening is one feature among catalogue size, audio quality, recommendation, royalty rates and price, none of which the argument weighs.