[kramerger]

Wasn't Spotify world leading before first iPhone was announced?

(ignoring illegal alternatives obviously)

[micwag]

Spotify and the iPhone were independently launched around the same time.

Spotify back then was developed as the answer against illegal alternatives.

[FireBeyond]

The App Store didn't come out until nearly 2 1/2 years after Spotify, though.

[lotsofpulp]

Not true, iOS App Store came out Jul 2008.

Spotify came out 2010 in UK and 2011 in USA.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/App_Store_(Apple)

[Jensson]

In Sweden it was launched 2008, first iphone was announced 2007, so yeah certainly wasn't world leading before the first iphone announcement.

[qingcharles]

Spotify was late to the market, though? I was running a paid streaming catalog for all the major labels in late 1999/early 2000, and Apple was following us into every meeting with the labels.

[lotsofpulp]

No, Spotify was released 2010 in UK and 2011 in US, iPhone was 2007.

[Handy-Man]

Yeah but App Store wasn't a thing for years after iPhone launched.

[lotsofpulp]

Jul 2008, iOS App Store launched with iPhone 3G, the second iPhone (one year after the first iPhone).

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/App_Store_(Apple)