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Re:Spotify files for its IPO by phirschybar on Wednesday January 03, 2018 @02:48PM (#16064404)
> And Spotify has zero negotiation power here

really? with their endless amount of listener history and preference data. IMHO Spotify has gained the upper hand.

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Re:Spotify files for its IPO by bogomipz on Thursday January 04, 2018 @02:03AM (#16068556)
How does endless amount of listener history and preference data give them the upper hand? That data wouldn't exist if they weren't able to license content.
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Re:Spotify files for its IPO by JonFish85 on Wednesday January 03, 2018 @02:55PM (#16064467)
Google and Apple have that too -- YouTube and iTunes have been around longer than Spotify, and likely have similar data sets.
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