[dna_polymerase]

I could write Spotify in like a weekend or two tops! I don't see the need for all that dead weight. Personally, I don't like coding mobile apps, so idk maybe hire like 2 people (1 Android and 1 iOS) dev for that. I'll do the backend. Easy savings really.

[pcthrowaway]

See also "I could rewrite curl": https://daniel.haxx.se/blog/2021/05/20/i-could-rewrite-curl/

[nonameiguess]

I can't even tell if this is parody. I, too, can write an app in a weekend that streams nothing because I own no servers, no disks, and have no licensing agreements with rights holders allowing me to host and serve any of the content they own. Surely, writing the app is all there is to this business.

[dna_polymerase]

It probably says a lot about tech people if my comment, that obviously is wrong on every level, is taken this seriously. :)

[fragmede]

Poe's law strikes again!

[dizzy3gg]

This a play on the classic Dropbox/rsync comment?

[dna_polymerase]

Exactly!

[ReptileMan]

I think you are right in a way. The hard part of spotify is getting the deals and the labels and the users. It is not a technology marvel.

[zimpenfish]

> The hard part of spotify is getting the deals and the labels and the users.

Having worked for a (now defunct) company that was trying to get labels onboard, this is exactly correct. They had 3 or 4 people (plus the founders) who mostly spent all day chasing up music industry contacts and lawyers trying to get them into conversations and persuading them to license their content. And having had to deal with CWRs and ERNs, that's also a nightmare of hideous proportions you have to deal with for streaming services.

[sumtechguy]

sounds like you have a plan! go for it!

[happytoexplain]

This sounds like sarcasm, but it's missing the /s and the context of the parent post doesn't make sense for it to be sarcastic.