When Spotify announced its largest-ever round of layoffs in December, CEO Daniel Ek hailed a new age of efficiency at the streaming giant. But four months on, it seems he and his executives weren’t prepared for how tough filling in for 1,500 axed workers would be.

The music streamer enjoyed record quarterly profits of €168 million ($179 million) in the first three months of 2024, enjoying double-digit revenue growth to €3.6 billion ($3.8 billion) in the process.

However, the company failed to hit its guidance on profitability and monthly active user growth.

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  • Noxy
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    88 months ago

    you monster! how dare you!

    …download flac files instead!

      • Noxy
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        58 months ago

        lossless audio - higher quality than mp3, though it’s arguable that few if any people could actually tell a difference between a high quality mp3 and a good flac version of the same audio