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# It Was A Rollercoaster Week For Spotify
- URL: https://www.hypebot.com/it-was-a-rollercoaster-week-for-spotify/
- Published: 2011-10-01T08:18:27.000Z
- Updated: 2011-10-01T08:18:27.000Z
- Description: Last week, being a Spotify public relations person must have felt like being on a rollercoaster. Another indie label pulled out. Artist Zoe Keating's essay "On Spotify, Fairness To Indie. Continue reading [https://www.hypebot.com/hypebot/2011/10/it-was-a-rollercoaster-week-for-spotify.html]
- Author: Bruce Houghton
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Last week, being a Spotify public relations person must have felt like being on a rollercoaster.

- Another [indie label pulled](https://www.hypebot.com/another-indie-label-pulls-from-spotify-and-all-you-can-eat-digital-services/) out.
- Artist Zoe Keating's essay "[On Spotify, Fairness To Indie Artists & Music's Niche Economy"](https://www.hypebot.com/zoe-keating-on-spotify-fairness-to-indie-artists-musics-niche-economy/) drew impassioned responses.
- Spotify users were upset over a new requirement for users to [have a Facebook account](https://www.hypebot.com/facebook-account-now-required-for-spotify-signup-and-users-arent-happy/).

**MORE:**

- By week's end the company responded with a new "[Private Listening](https://www.hypebot.com/hypebot/2011/09/spotify-shifts-gears-on-facebook-privacy-.html)" option.
- A new Swedish survey showed again that Spotify replaces piracy though many users are exploring other services.
- As of Friday the new Facebook hookup had caused [users to jump](https://www.hypebot.com/spotify-users-jump-34-million-to-53-million-in-1-week-thanks-to-facebook/) from 3.4M to 5.3M in just 1 week.