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		stefan_ on Nov 21, 2023 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: A secret deal let Spotify bypass Android's app sto... Spotify started the EU antitrust case on Apple: https://www.theverge.com/2023/2/28/23618264/eu-antitrust-cas... Also of course, Spotify is somewhat of a monopoly of its own, or a chosen 'winner' by the music industry at large colluding.

piva00 on Nov 21, 2023 [–]

> Also of course, Spotify is somewhat of a monopoly of its own, or a chosen 'winner' by the music industry at large colluding.

Spotify has ~30% of the market, Apple Music, Tencent, and Amazon have each ~13%, YouTube Music another ~9%.

That's far from a monopoly...

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