This will never happen.

Labels literally negotiated their own royalty rates down in exchange for shares in Spotify. It’s the perfect way to push artists out of receiving earnings.

I think record labels would be first in line to buy Spotify if it was ever for sale.

You need at least 3 devs to keep adding popups to the app with offers, upgrades, and other "related content".

Why do you think that a platform with so many customers as to be industry defining, with dozens of interface options, with a massive feature set, with a global footprint and basically flawless uptime requirements, could be kept running by two guys?

It was a tongue in cheek complaint about their terrible apps and the user hostile way they force unwanted "features" on people.

I'd pay 2x my subscription price to be able to use a third party client again.