|Question 14Verbal

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The advent of online streaming has led many music listeners to drift away from ownership of music (through downloads or through physical media such as compact discs) in favor of the streaming services YouTube Music and AccuRadio, among others. Luis Aguiar studied the effect of the 2011 implementation of a restriction on the free version of the French streaming service Deezer: its unlimited usage was reduced to five hours a month, while the paid premium version's usage remained unlimited. Aguiar found that listeners who used the free service visited licensed online music sellers (e.g., the iTunes store) and sites that make unlicensed music available to download about 2% less after the restriction was implemented, suggesting that _____
Which choice most logically completes the text?
the implementation of the restriction reduced the overall number of users of the streaming service.
A
restrictions on the amount of music that can be streamed may actually suppress users' interest in owning music.
B
most users of the free streaming service were probably encouraged by the restriction to move to a paid version of the service with unlimited, ad-free listening.
C
consumers are unlikely to purchase physical copies of music that is readily available through streaming.
D