Spotify is a long time Google Cloud customer, from the days when Google was essentially buying logos, so it would not at all surprise me to find out that the Pl

Spotify is a long time Google Cloud customer, from the days when Google was essentially buying logos, so it would not at all surprise me to find out that the Play Store deal was tied to a massive GCP commit from Spotify (much like Niantic from the same era). In fact, i wouldn't be surprised if some of the more recent gaming signs from the Cloud business don't also have discount deals with Play. It's a pretty impressive list of publishers, actually (scroll to bottom): https://cloud.google.com/solutions/games https://cloud.google.com/solutions/games