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[Internet Kid @internetkid69]

How do you survive a direct war against a giant like Apple?

You don’t try to beat them at their own game.

You look at their core DNA, find their blind spots, and counter-position.

Spotify’s Co-President, Gustav Söderström, breaks down the 3 massive bets they made against Apple that ultimately saved their business:

1. Freemium: Apple is a luxury hardware and premium subscription company. They inherently struggle with advertising. Spotify bet that Apple wouldn't build a great free tier, so they focused heavily on perfecting a frictionless, ad-supported experience.

2. Personalization: Years ago, Apple was highly resistant to data-driven tracking. Spotify bet that data and algorithmic personalization were the actual future of music discovery.

3. Ubiquity: Apple builds for their own walled garden, they want you on an iPhone, Mac, or HomePod. Spotify chose to be everywhere. They ensured their app worked flawlessly on Android, Windows, Samsung TVs, and third-party speakers.

For Spotify, this wasn’t just a clever strategic choice. It was a matter of survival.

As Gustav puts it:
"We either died, or we did this."

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A normal spin just did THIS 😳

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THAT KEPT PAYING!

@elsathora just cashed over $700 on Mother Clucker 😳

[Internet Kid @internetkid69]

Elsa gets ready to ride the spinning bull one last time 🐂

Watch till the end...

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Elsa almost Burnt herself after baking the perfect cake 🔥🎂

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THIS IS ADORABLE! 🥺

@elsathora finds herself in the middle of kitty heaven and tries to feed them 🐈‍⬛

[Internet Kid @internetkid69]

Elsa thinks getting wine drunk is superior 👀

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@elsathora thinks getting wine drunk is the best type of drunk 🍷

thoughts? 🤔

[Internet Kid @internetkid69]

Elsa was only 80km away from the correct location.

That's a GeoGuessr win in our books 🌍

[Internet Kid @internetkid69]

. @elsathora did NOT have Ivory Coast beating Ecuador on her World Cup bingo card.🇨🇮🇪🇨

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Elsa thinks Sweden is going to WIN the world cup. what do you think? 🏆

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Elsa finally visited Alcatraz.

Here's what she thought. 🤔

[Internet Kid @internetkid69]

"What the hell?"

Elsa's reaction when a 2x paid way more than expected.💸

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@LoganPaul @mikemajlak @impaulsive @BenDaDonnn

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Logan Paul, Mike Majlak, and BenDaDonn detail the profound psychological shift happening in digital media right now

"Short-form stuff can only brand you so much. If you ever want to start a business and get people to buy stuff... you need to give them more of you."

"The difference between normal content creation and streaming is it makes people feel a lot more connected to you. They feel like, 'This is actually my partner, this is my friend. He doesn’t know it, but I hang out with this guy every day.'"

[REXIZON💙 @Rexzie_Fran]

When video podcasts started booming, Spotify gave users a button to turn the video off.

Taking a deliberate hit on active engagement was the right move to protect the user experience and long-term retention.

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One of the biggest takeaways? The gap between TradFi and crypto access just got a lot smaller. While traditional investors waited for the IPO, crypto traders were already positioning on SpaceX price action. This OKX livestream showed why pre-IPO markets are one of the most exciting narratives in crypto right now.

[𝗠𝗿.𝗡𝗼𝗻𝗰𝗵𝗮𝗹𝗮𝗻𝘁 @pendingbilonia]

The biggest opportunities often come from serving universal human behavior.

Spotify's former CTO believed music gave the company that advantage, a point David Senra explores in this clip.

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Spotify didn't become Spotify by accident. The conversations between David Senra and Gustav are basically a masterclass in long-term thinking.

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Caleb Hammer and the Iced Coffee Hour crew break down the brutal reality of the "Poverty Mindset Bubble" in the digital age

"If you live in a very poor neighborhood, you've never been out of that district, you don't have a car, and all you see is poverty... How do you even know there is a life beyond that?"

"What IQ do you think you have to have to be able to say, 'I am dissatisfied with where I am at financially, let me do a quick Google search to see how I can improve?'"

"We live in a world where everyone is watching content from all around the globe. You know there is a life beyond yours."