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Re:How Spotify Works by eps on Friday November 25, 2011 @12:18PM (#3277566)
> If I'm paying for it, I don't want to be a node in their network.

You are paying for music licensing and you get the delivery for free because of the p2p nature of their system. Traditional client-server delivery would've simply translated into higher monthly fees, which I am pretty sure would've not been any more popular among their average user base.

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Re:How Spotify Works by nhangen on Friday November 25, 2011 @01:57PM (#3277889)
Perhaps, but I agree they should be more up front about the way they use bandwidth.
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Re:How Spotify Works by cnunciato on Friday November 25, 2011 @08:27PM (#3278793)
Rhapsody, Rdio, etc. all do client-server and cost the same.
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