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Schmidt on July 14, 2011 | parent | context | favorite | on: Spotify launches in the US

Most of the servers are also located in the UK AFAIK and the first 30 seconds are always streamed from their servers. Managing demand could be a reason.

jensnockert on July 14, 2011 | [–]

Considering the amount of invites available (almost every premium subscriber has 50+ invites) I doubt it is more than a marketing strategy.

tommi on July 14, 2011 | [–]

I'd be extremely suprised if Spotify didn't have servers in the US for this release.

sandstrom on July 14, 2011 | [–]

They've got servers in the US too.

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