As an investor in Sirius XM it is always good news to receive an upgrade and fun to watch the obligatory short-term bounce in the share price. The bounce is typically commensurate with the weight and notoriety of the analyst providing the guidance.
Over the weekend, Sirius XM issued an incredibly meaningful upgrade for its subscribers. Sirius XM has finally upgraded its mobile app for its iOS users, and for this enormously valuable (and long awaited) functionality, it is currently receiving the most quantifiable of upgrades, more substantial than even the most prestigious analyst could ever wish to give.
Sirius XM is now receiving accolades, gushing with sincerity and adorned with the highly coveted and elusive 5-star reviews from its current paying mobile app subscribers, and drawing the attention of incredulous spectators and has even raised the eyebrow of jilted ex-subscribers.
Over the past couple of years the Sirius XM mobile app was nothing more than an annoyingly clunky "promise-ring" marred with visible inclusions and out shined in an overly crowded mobile-music arena. An arena rife with precocious competitors comprised of the glimmering hordes of cannibalistic upstarts vying for their piece of the "cost-free" crown and moniker.
Sirius XM's mobile app subscribers have quietly suffered the shame and embarrassment borne out of the painful mediocrity of a loveless marriage and internalizing the invisible scars inflicted by a negligent partner in addition to the insidious nature of a protracted self-esteem deficit. These well-meaning subscribers strayed from the safety of their homes...
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