Spotify CTO Is Leaving, Door Won’t Hit Him On The Way Out

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more likely he got screwed over and left.

what makes you think so?

Because you don't leave a company that is potentially going to hit it in very huge way in the nearby future. If you were CTO, wouldn't you want to be part of that?

Are you assuming that Spotify is "going to hit it in very huge way in the nearby future" or that CTO knew that it won't happen or what?

the post itself has a more logical explanation.

Idea: What if Spotify drop free access to its catalog/app after a 30-day-trial and start charging 5€/month (instead of 10€) for premium access?

Just curious, is this sarcastic or do you really believe that this is an idea that hasn't occurred to them?

Actually, Spotify Premium was the only option of accessing the service in many countries' IP ranges (including mine) anyway. Currently though it doesn't show even Premium as available for me...

I also know of many loyal listeners that are quite likely to pay for the service.

Is there enough paid users to support recent Spotify valuations - that is the big question.

It hasn't ocurred to me. That's enough. Of course they've got this idea, and a thousand others. I was just making a comment to see if the idea was silly or not

Well, may be a lot of people that currently uses if because it is free would stop using it.

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