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Record labels only granted Spotify's free mobile tier after growth stalled
“We had to wait all until, all up until we had stopped growing and actually started losing users before they agreed to give us the licenses we wanted.”
Gustav Söderström Oct 13, 2022 ▶ 10:43 Spotify CTO Gustav Söderström: TikTok's Music; How Olivia Rodrigo Gamed the Algo | 20VC #936 · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
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Söderström: Spotify's streaming business model took Apple eight years to copy
“I think for Spotify, for example, when we started, it was the business model of streaming. That was the disruptive thing. The technology was you know, a bit of peer to peer and stuff, but it was a business model that took Apple eight years of collateral damage…”
Gustav Söderström Dec 20, 2023 ▶ 38:13 Roundtable #7: Spotify, Adobe and Linkedin on How AI Changes The Future of Product & Design | E1097 · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
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