Comment: Did Apple buy Shazam for the data, and if so, what now?<div class="feat-image">
</div><p>Apple is a rich company, but even so, a rumored $400M is a lot of money to spend on buying a single app. So some eyebrows were raised when Apple confirmed its <a href="
https://9to5mac.com/2017/12/11/apple-buying-shazam/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">acquisition of Shazam[/url] earlier this week.</p>
<p><a href="
https://9to5mac.com/guides/shazam/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Shazam[/url] already powers Siri’s music recognition, so will at least be saving the ongoing licensing fee it paid for this, but what could justify spending so much money on the app … ?</p>
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Comment: Did Apple buy Shazam for the data, and if so, what now?
