I suspect there's also some reluctance on the part of SiriusXM to make this a reality as Pandora itself is a competitor to SiriusXM Radio. They likely make more ad revenue on the SiriusXM Radio side than they do on the Pandora side. Having Pandora run native on AAOS may eat into that ad revenue, even when Pandora subscription revenue is taken into account. Money talks... I have seen data that shows Pandora users have declined steadily over the past several years, after the acquisition by SiriusXM. "In February 2019, SiriusXM acquired Pandora for $3.5 billion in stock. In 2021, Pandora had about 55.9 million active monthly users, and 6.4 million subscribers. As of 2022, Pandora reportedly had fewer than 50 million active users. As of 2023, there were 46 million users." They may not see the investment to code and offer the app for AAOS as worth it...they may be trying to kill it over time, so no future investment planned.
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