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by tinus_hn 3357 days ago
Spotify wouldn't have existed if the music companies' hand hadn't been forced by piracy.
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Spotify is basically launchcast, but with more customers, and launched 7 years later. Internet based music piracy and personalized radio came into popular availability at around the same time, because people started having connections fast enough to download or stream songs.
Spotify succeeded where others failed because the RIAA basically picked it as a winner.