I understand your points - it's narrative that's floating on the internet, and it's one that's very easy to believe. Unfortunately [2] is 100% opinion. As far

I understand your points - it's narrative that's floating on the internet, and it's one that's very easy to believe. Unfortunately [2] is 100% opinion. As far as [1], every single "large" deal is negotiated. That is standard practice for deals of this size, including your employer and AWS. It's also very different from "Google is the one benefitted" and "Spotify chose Google because of sweetheart pricing" and "Spotify got paid to do PR for Google". As I've said before, these narratives diminish both parties. It's Trump's "many people say that..."