This has been rumored before. E.g here's a headline from 2014: http://www.wsj.com/articles/google-considers-buying-spotify-but-finds-the-price-too-high-14060617

This has been rumored before. E.g here's a headline from 2014: http://www.wsj.com/articles/google-considers-buying-spotify-but-finds-the-price-too-high-1406061732 http://www.wsj.com/articles/google-considers-buying-spotify-...