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by Macha 3968 days ago
Solitaire added ads to something that was previously free and ad free and added ads.

Spotify took something that previously cost money and made it free with ads.

There's also the fact that people can view Spotify as a ongoing service easily while people view MS solitaire as a component of a product. Normal people dislike when you turn their products into services needing ongoing payments