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title: "Paying for Spotify subsidizes Europe for being awful at technology."
description: "Paying for Spotify subsidizes Europe for being awful at technology."
author: "Pau Friedman"
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published_at: "2026-08-05"
url: "https://pau.fm/blog/2026/08/05/subsidizing-europe"
markdown_url: "https://pau.fm/blog/2026/08/05/subsidizing-europe.md"
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# Paying for Spotify subsidizes Europe for being awful at technology\.

Paying for Spotify subsidizes Europe for being awful at technology.