You're right. Having a music player play songs fast is nice but the record label deals in essence gave Spotify monopolistic advantages only other streaming comp

You're right. Having a music player play songs fast is nice but the record label deals in essence gave Spotify monopolistic advantages only other streaming companies could compete with. (Pandora, iHeartRadio, etc) These same content licensing advantages are given to Netflix and Hulu. FYI - Hulu is owned by Fox, Disney and NBC. Spotify is partially owned by Sony, Universal, Warner, and EMI. You need to use common sense when you enter an industry about your strategy. It can't all revolve around great tech.