Is Spotify Trying To Become The Facebook Of Music?

Spotify is incorporating the Facebook philosophy of using free, open-source applications in an effort to become a music platform in its own right.

Spotify is incorporating the Facebook philosophy of using free, open-source applications in an effort to become a music platform in its own right.

Evolver.fm reported that Spotify Chief Executive Officer Daniel Ek said in a blog entry that the apps will be coded in HTML5, and they will be part of the Spotify app, so users won’t be required to install any other software.

He said that developers can build apps via a JavaScript application programming interface API.

Ek added that users can access these apps whether or not they are Spotify subscribers, according to Evolver.fm,

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