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Re:Open-Source Spotify App by flanbiscuit on Monday December 23, 2019 @11:02PM (#21869751)
They seem to have a pretty open api so I'm not sure there's actually any reverse engineering going on. They even allow you to build an app that streams audio in sync with the Spotify app. So it doesn't look they are violating anything in terms of functionality. They might be forced to change their name though (just guessing)

https://developer.spotify.com/documentation/

https://developer.spotify.com/documentation/ios/

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Re:Open-Source Spotify App by alpb on Tuesday December 24, 2019 @01:01AM (#21870184)
Those aren’t REST APIs to gather data about songs or your history. They are native APIs to control Spotify app on that machine etc.

I think a fair amount of their business relies on gathering data from people and recommending music. They don’t let 3rd parties to do that.

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Re:Open-Source Spotify App by sologuardsman2 on Tuesday December 24, 2019 @01:40AM (#21870336)
Perhaps, but they also have APIs for song data and user listening preferences. It's actually pretty impressive how accessible their platform is to developers.

[1] https://developer.spotify.com/discover/#recommendations

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