Spotify will now suspend or terminate accounts it finds are using ad blockers

Re:Spotify will now suspend or terminate accounts it finds a... by heheocoenev on Friday February 08, 2019 @06:23PM (#19119604)

I would advocate for legal rights to use an adblocker! If we don’t, it’s going to be banned under CFAA in the future. Ads suck! Nobody has the right to force these on me!

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Re:Spotify will now suspend or terminate accounts it finds a... by angus-prune on Friday February 08, 2019 @07:53PM (#19119980)

No they don't. And I think that we have a right to block ads that to block any and all ads that we receive.

Conversely, any (non-critical) service has the right to stop showing us ads or serving us in any other way.

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Re:Spotify will now suspend or terminate accounts it finds a... by rrix2 on Friday February 08, 2019 @07:08PM (#19119798)

nobody has the "right" to use a service, conversely.

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Re:Spotify will now suspend or terminate accounts it finds a... by crankylinuxuser on Friday February 08, 2019 @10:46PM (#19120569)

And why exactly is that considered a fact?

The closer you are to a monopoly, the more required you should be to serve all. We don't allow the electric company to kill your power because you made disparaging emails or bad messages online.

And if you're a monopoly, you should be dealt with heavy handedly. Because power and money only further power and money. Anti-competition laws stem that to an extent.

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Re:Spotify will now suspend or terminate accounts it finds a... by jsgo on Saturday February 09, 2019 @04:25AM (#19121494)

There are plenty of music streaming services at the same level of quality and within the ballpark of paid subscriber base as Spotify. It wouldn’t qualify as a monopoly.

Music streaming isn’t the kind of good that falls under common carrier so I don’t think the analogy of the electric company fits. People can easily go through life not subscribed to one. I for one only have iTunes Match which isn’t the all-you-can-eat style of Spotify/Apple Music/Play Music/Amazon Music/Tidal/etc.

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Re:Spotify will now suspend or terminate accounts it finds a... by notyourwork on Friday February 08, 2019 @07:05PM (#19119791)

You don’t have to listen to Spotify right?

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