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Re:Spotify is first music streaming service to surpass 200M ... by josefresco on Tuesday January 31, 2023 @10:18AM (#34596129)
> After doing that they will flick the lever to profitability over growth.

I can't tell is this is sarcasm ... it's sarcasm right? There is no "lever to profitability".

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Re:Spotify is first music streaming service to surpass 200M ... by blairbeckwith on Tuesday January 31, 2023 @10:36AM (#34596392)
I can’t tell if this is sarcasm … it’s sarcasm right? Based on the entire history of startups, you truly don’t believe that companies can focus on user growth or profitability, and those directions have different levers?
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Re:Spotify is first music streaming service to surpass 200M ... by aeyes on Tuesday January 31, 2023 @09:17PM (#34605475)
Why do you call Spotify a startup? It was founded over 15 years ago. Hundreds of thousands of companies have come and gone during this time.

Is it because they aren't profitable just yet? How many more years are you willing to wait?

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Re:Spotify is first music streaming service to surpass 200M ... by hamandcheese on Tuesday January 31, 2023 @10:37AM (#34596413)
How could there not be? Fire all the people who were working on growth.
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Re:Spotify is first music streaming service to surpass 200M ... by oneoff786 on Tuesday January 31, 2023 @10:39AM (#34596446)
Why not? You don’t think they could eek out an additional 70 cents per month per customer if they wanted to focus on that right now?
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Re:Spotify is first music streaming service to surpass 200M ... by ketzo on Tuesday January 31, 2023 @09:48PM (#34605686)
"Hi marketing department! You're losing 50% of staff and 80% of advertising budget!"

bam, growth -> profitability!

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