Well, I didn't say that Spotify made the move in exchange for credits. However, since you brought it up: > Some critics, surprised by such a high-profile compa

Well, I didn't say that Spotify made the move in exchange for credits. However, since you brought it up: > Some critics, surprised by such a high-profile company going with what is seen as the distant Number 3 in the hyper-scale public cloud market, have suggested that Google extended a sweetheart deal as part of the move. Details of the agreement haven't been disclosed, but Nicholas Harteau, Spotify's vice president of engineering and infrastructure, told The Wall Street Journal that the company "negotiated hard on price."[1] > Of course, for such a high profile customer and for the priviledge of a case study, we can assume Spotify has some heavy discounts. [2] Not "proof," but it's pretty well-mentioned across the industry that Google benefited from this deal probably more than Spotify did. [1] http://searchcloudcomputing.techtarget.com/news/4500276342/Spotify-moves-to-Google-cloud-with-eyes-on-big-data http://searchcloudcomputing.techtarget.com/news/4500276342/S... [2] https://medium.com/@davidmytton/how-much-is-spotify-paying-google-cloud-ebb3bf180f15#.ets0p214i https://medium.com/@davidmytton/how-much-is-spotify-paying-g...