In the early days of spotify, I remember reading blog posts about focusing hard on the core deliverable: the play button works reliably and with low latency, ju

In the early days of spotify, I remember reading blog posts about focusing hard on the core deliverable: the play button works reliably and with low latency, just like an iPod with local storage. Over the networks of the day, this was especially difficult but with focus and determination they pulled it off. Over the years, it has been sad to watch reliability and latency regress to the web-age mean (mediocre and so high as to frequently complicate interaction).