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Re:Spotify will now suspend or terminate accounts it finds a... by tomohawk on Friday February 08, 2019 @05:23PM (#19119256)
Spotify does NOT have the right to run arbitrary code on my device. That is not something that fits into the category of me using their service. That rather fits into the category of me being forced to provide a service to Spotify.
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Re:Spotify will now suspend or terminate accounts it finds a... by themacguffinman on Friday February 08, 2019 @05:31PM (#19119316)
Spotify isn't reaching into your computer and running ads, you are running Spotify. If you don't want Spotify and its dependencies, you can simply not run Spotify.
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Re:Spotify will now suspend or terminate accounts it finds a... by acct1771 on Saturday February 09, 2019 @03:16AM (#19121301)
The ads weren't a dependency, and technically speaking, still aren't.

They could force them to be. And socially, are. But, they're not technically.

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Re:Spotify will now suspend or terminate accounts it finds a... by themacguffinman on Saturday February 09, 2019 @06:58PM (#19125506)
I'm not sure why a "technical" dependency matters. A shirt at a shopping mall doesn't "technically" need a security tag, but it's not my prerogative to remove it.
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