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by htrp 948 days ago
>This will hurt Google and may destroy Spotify.

How does this destroy Spotify?
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oliwarner 947 days ago
They could be fined and then forced to pay full whack.

But I'm not sure they meet the threshold for anti-competative practice. You'd need to show some sort of paid exclusivity (eg a bribe so only Spotify could get a better rate).

30% for market access is a bigger net evil that anything Spotify might be doing IMO.

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vGPU 947 days ago
They run very slim profit margins, regulators could fine them more than they could afford to pay.
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lotsofpulp 947 days ago
They run negative profit margins:

https://www.macrotrends.net/stocks/charts/SPOT/spotify-techn...

https://www.macrotrends.net/stocks/charts/SPOT/spotify-techn...

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pests 947 days ago
Why would Spotify be fined here? What wrong doing?
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