Napster Shifts Course to Penny-a-Minute AI Agents Via Microsoft
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Napster pivoting to penny‑a‑minute agents via Microsoft is a concrete price anchor for consumer‑facing AI services. If your model assumes users will pay SaaS‑style subscriptions for basic agent labor, revisit it against a world where marginal minutes are effectively commoditized.
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