Tom Anderson originally shared this post:

Mashable says Spotify is launching tomorrow. I finally got my pre-launch invite a few days ago, but hadn't signed up yet (I've used Rhapsody for years). I suppose I should just wait and see what happens tomorrow. Wonder what impact this will have on Apple in terms of pay for subscription music? I asked Steve Jobs myself why they didnt launch this kind of service and he told me that consumers don't want it. (He said this about 3 years go... so maybe his thinking will change?) Seems like Apple is in the best position to launch something like this because they can just charge it to your phone--say they only sell it to iPhone customers. That'd mean that it cut less into iPod sales, because iPhone customers may be less likely to keep buying iPods anyway.

It's Here! Spotify Is Coming To The U.S. Thursday