Apple Music overtaking Spotify in the U.S. shows why it needs a free tier more than ever

According to The Wall Street Journal, Apple is on track to overtake Spotify in U.S. paid subscribers, a sign that the three-year-old music service is making serious inroads in a highly competitive landscape. The report states that Apple Music has been gaining U.S. subscribers at a 3 percent higher clip than Spotify, a trend that would give Apple's music service a higher subscriber rate by the summer, assuming it continues.But that doesn’t tell the whole story. While it’s hard to kno