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by brian_herman 2876 days ago
Meh you are the product spotify is free!
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Spotify has over 70 million paid subscribers.
So they're paying to be tracked. Nice gig if you can get it, Spotify!
The pressure to collect any and all data to increase a company's valuation isn't lessened by charging your customers to use the service. That cliché is not really informative nor helpful in the fight for privacy and transparency.
You assume there is a pressure to collect the data and that it has any positive effect on valuation.
No, the new business model is that you're the product even if you're paying.