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Re:Apple Music on Track to Overtake Spotify in U.S. Subscribers by fnordsensei on Monday February 05, 2018 @12:56AM (#16306903)
Can't speak for Google or Apple, but I know that Spotify's entry into a country is largely dictated by rights holders. They themselves would like to offer everything to everyone, of course.
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Re:Apple Music on Track to Overtake Spotify in U.S. Subscribers by nasso on Monday February 05, 2018 @01:13AM (#16306960)
Its directed by spotifys ability to negotiate with rights holders.
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Re:Apple Music on Track to Overtake Spotify in U.S. Subscribers by EADGBE on Monday February 05, 2018 @01:10PM (#16310649)
I always considered most of these decisions to come from accounting/taxes/different currency.

Getting to play the "well what about digital rights" seems like a cop-out for the previously mentioned reasons. It would anyways in my accounting department.

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Re:Apple Music on Track to Overtake Spotify in U.S. Subscribers by dx034 on Monday February 05, 2018 @09:00AM (#16308735)
Not sure if the unavailability of Spotify in Botswana is due to right holders. Think it's just not high on their priority list.
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