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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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