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No, my argument is what actually did happen, in this reality. There’s no need for any experiment to be run to state what events led to what is today, and what would happen in a another reality like the one you described in your first post is irrelevant for the subject at hand.

Apple provided Spotify the platform they needed to prove their business model, it really is as simple as that.

All the other infinite possibilities are moot.