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Re:Spotify opens on NYSE, valuing company at almost $30B by kissickas on Wednesday April 04, 2018 @03:19AM (#16752696)
Google Play Music has Jay-Z, as far as my research shows. (unfortunately I can't check as I have Spotify due to their network affect roping me in through a family plan) Is it really fair to say Spotify has a bigger library outright?

Spotify claims to have 35m songs and GPM 40m. Not that that means much, either. The killer feature GPM has over Spotify is that you can upload your own tracks to fill the gaps wherever their library is lacking.

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Re:Spotify opens on NYSE, valuing company at almost $30B by letslightafire on Wednesday April 04, 2018 @09:44AM (#16754583)
Spotify has Jay-Z as well.[0] I would say it's hard to really quantify which library has the larger selection as most of the differences would be completely obscure music that no one listens to. However, I haven't seen any artist on GPM that isn't on Spotify while the opposite can't be said.

Spotify has the ability to upload music as well, however that is contingent on you having premium.[1]

[0] https://open.spotify.com/artist/3nFkdlSjzX9mRTtwJOzDYB?si=j1...

[1]https://community.spotify.com/t5/Desktop-Windows/Can-you-upl...

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