[ohf]

I'd wager that Spotify is nearing the point at which - if not already there - record labels cannot afford to revoke their license. If they can get away with it, they'll try to push some buttons, but I doubt a full confrontation.

If there's any evidence against this, please let me know. I think it's interesting.

[wilsonnb]

Spotify's market share is currently being attacked on both ends.

Apple Music is supposedly set to surpass Spotify in number of paid subscribers this summer.

Youtube has always had more free listeners than Spotify, as far as I know.

It's not at all clear who the major players in the music streaming business will be five years from now, which means that all of the power remains with the owners of the music that people want to listen to. AKA the major record labels.

[rofrol]

>Apple Music is supposedly set to surpass Spotify in number of paid subscribers this summer.

Where did you get this info? Look at the graph

https://www.statista.com/chart/8399/spotify-apple-music-paid...

[hetspookjee]

YouTube being insanely slow with rolling out Red doesn't help YouTube their business. I really wanted YouTube to have Red in Europe but they cant or won't so I moved over to Spotify because no ads and massive quality increase.

[fullshark]

I wonder what happened behind the scenes to get Taylor Swift on Spotify. I think that was a major test.

[antishatter]

http://www.swedishwire.com/jobs/680-record-labels-part-owner...

[ohf]

Ah, shit.