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by Schmidt 5448 days ago
Most of the servers are also located in the UK AFAIK and the first 30 seconds are always streamed from their servers. Managing demand could be a reason.
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jensnockert 5448 days ago
Considering the amount of invites available (almost every premium subscriber has 50+ invites) I doubt it is more than a marketing strategy.
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tommi 5448 days ago
I'd be extremely suprised if Spotify didn't have servers in the US for this release.
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sandstrom 5448 days ago
They've got servers in the US too.
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