Competing in the tablet wars is expensive, not only for product development and marketing, but for the ongoing pressure to purchase more content.

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Product development remained a priority in 2010, with ongoing investment in innovation to offer our users the best music service possible and the biggest upgrade to Spotify since launch, including social features and the ability to combine local files with our own library of millions of tracks.

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