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		toomuchtodo on Feb 23, 2016 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Spotify moves its back end to Google Cloud They'd be buying the users.

simonswords82 on Feb 23, 2016 [–]

That's about the only real value. But then what? Do they run the two entities separately? Or merge Google's offering with Spotify and risk pissing customers off who are loyal to the Spotify brand and app?

toomuchtodo on Feb 24, 2016 | [–]

No idea whatsoever. Maybe merge Spotify into Google Fiber and include it as part of a content offering?

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