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Someone should do this with the itunes affiliate API and let people make money as well.

I'm doubtful this will take over the current YouTube/SoundCloud/Grooveshark embeds.

If you have a Spotify player opened the user experience of the play button is similar if not better than a Youtube widget (music does not stop if you close your browser).

The experience isn't better, in fact I'd say it's worse since I'm missing the video and I have to have spotify open AND the song has to be available on spotify.

It also makes no sense for the person embedding this to choose this over YouTube.

Makes more sense as an alternative/backup option for those who do have spotify.

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