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Chamarti Sreekar

Stealth • 8d

Spotify didn’t just compete with Apple Music—it built a network effect machine. While Apple Music pays artists more per stream, Spotify dominates with 675M users vs. Apple’s 93M. Why? Spotify made music social. Every shared playlist, collab, and friend connection made the platform more valuable. Key differences: • Free & paid tiers (Apple is paid-only) • "Wrapped" feature—a genius FOMO-driven marketing tool Every Wrapped share brought new users → More users meant better data → Better data meant better recommendations → More users. A perfect flywheel. Apple sells music. Spotify sells culture.

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Kimiko

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music streaming rivalry is great but there are so many other big players too

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Anonymous 1

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You know who is the real winner tho compared in the whole music app business? Youtube Music

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