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Spotify and the iPhone were independently launched around the same time. Spotify back then was developed as the answer against illegal alternatives.

• FireBeyond 3y ago
  The App Store didn't come out until nearly 2 1/2 years after Spotify, though.
  • lotsofpulp 3y ago
    Not true, iOS App Store came out Jul 2008. Spotify came out 2010 in UK and 2011 in USA. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/App_Store_(Apple) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/App_Store_(Apple)
    • Jensson 3y ago
      In Sweden it was launched 2008, first iphone was announced 2007, so yeah certainly wasn't world leading before the first iphone announcement.