> I can't help but think that this is not a problem that actually exists, because a supermarket that keeps brand products forever in the stocking room in favor

> I can't help but think that this is not a problem that actually exists, because a supermarket that keeps brand products forever in the stocking room in favor of in-house brands, would be much better off not ordering the brand product in the first place. Why pay money for product that you're not going to sell anyway, and lose the storage space too? Good point. But where Spotify and the store differ is that Spotify doesn't pay for the music upfront. It distributes a portion of its streaming revenues up front. So unlike the store, it can keeping thousands of titles in the stocking room without losing money.