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It's really interesting that Spotify launched, and was used by practically everyone in Sweden for what seems like years before suddenly musicians pulled out. The first "vanishing" of music from playlists happened when Spotify went pay in Sweden alone. Why?
Well, rumour has it that while they were working out of offices on Jakobsbergsgatan, they simply downloaded all of their music via The Pirate Bay, so that they'd have some music to build the app around. While this makes sense, the rumour also says that they kept the un-authorized music on for far longer than just the demo-era. Like, until May 2011.
mind you, it's just a really persistent rumour.
I'll take your comment as an anecdata example of a market truth: you can not expand the market by diluting the core.
Expanding the market is done by offering complementary products, services, extensions and specifically targeted similar products. For an easy example, see every single variant of Coca Cola where the product range has just been joined by splenda-sweetened "Coca Cola Free" - but the one time they changed the original the market freaked out.
Those mathematically-minded savants could be programs running along, which is why I think all of these poker ads constantly weight on the "human bluff" moments. This strategy seems off to me, as this is exactly the only thing online poker can not offer.
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