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-as of [5 MARCH 2024]–
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*the iOS app*
*the macOS app*
*the web browser app*
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/ˈspɒtɪfaɪ/
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*GUIDES* –>
“BEGINNER’S GUIDE”
(‘MASHABLE LINK”)
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*’spotify technology SA’ is an ‘international media services provider’*
*of ‘swedish’ origin*
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“swiss cheese!*
(as ‘personalidy #3’ briefly pops into existence for a ‘milli-2nd or ‘two…thousand(th)’)
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*it is ‘legally domiciled’ in ‘luxembourg’ + is headquartered in ‘stockholm’ (/ ‘sweden’)*
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(founded in ‘2006’, the company’s primary business is providing an ‘audio streaming platform’ (the ‘spotify platform’) that provides ‘DRM-protected’ music / videos / podcasts from ‘record labels’ + ‘media companies’)
(as a ‘freemium service’, ‘basic features’ are ‘free’ with ‘advertisements’ or ‘automatic music videos’, while additional features (such as ‘improved streaming quality’ + ‘commercial-free listening’) are offered via ‘paid subscriptions’)
(launched on ‘7 october 2008’, the ‘spotify platform’ provides access to over 50 million tracks)
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(users can browse by parameters such as…)
‘artist’
‘album’
‘genre’
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(‘users’ can |’create’ / ‘edit’ / ‘share’| playlists)
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(‘spotify’ is available in…)
*(most of) ‘europe’*
*(most of) ‘the americas’*
‘australia’
‘new zealand’
*(parts of) ‘africa’
*(parts of) ‘asia’*
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(‘spotify’ operates on most ‘modern devices’, including…)
‘windows computers’
‘macOS computers’
‘linux computers’
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(‘spotify’ also operates on |’iOS / ‘android’| [‘smartphones’ / ‘tablets’])
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(as of ‘october 2019’, the company had 248 million monthly active users, including 113 million paying subscribers)
(unlike [|’physical’ / ‘download’| sales] – (which pay ‘artists’ a ‘fixed price’ per |’song’ / ‘album’| sold, ‘spotify’ pays ‘royalties’ based on the # of the artist’s ‘streams’ as a proportion of total songs streamed)
(it distributes approximately 70% of its ‘total revenue’ to ‘rights holders’, who then pay ‘artists’ based on their individual agreements)
(‘spotify’ has faced criticism from ‘artists’ + ‘producers’ including ‘taylor swift’ + ‘thom yorke’, who have argued that it does not fairly compensate ‘musicians’)
(in ‘2017’ – (as part of its efforts to renegotiate license deals for an interest in going public) – ‘spotify’ announced that artists would be able to make albums temporarily exclusive to ‘paid subscribers’ if the albums are part of ‘universal music group’ or the ‘merlin network’)
(spotify’s international headquarters are in ‘stockholm’ (/ ‘sweden’))
(however, each ‘region’ has its own ‘headquarters’)
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(since ‘february 2018’, it has been listed on the ‘NY stock exchange’ and in ‘september 2018’, the company re-located its NYC offices to ‘4 world trade center’)
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*👨🔬🕵️♀️🙇♀️*SKETCHES*🙇♂️👩🔬🕵️♂️*
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*🌈✨ *TABLE OF CONTENTS* ✨🌷*
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🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥*we won the war* 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥