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Re:“Starting February 9, we will no longer support free acce... by OrangeMusic on Thursday February 02, 2023 @02:44PM (#34631994)
_Their_ dataset? The data comes from the users!
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Re:“Starting February 9, we will no longer support free acce... by asdadsdad on Friday February 03, 2023 @11:43AM (#34643571)
No, the data comes from users' interactions with the platform, and they have to run a massive engineering feat to take all of that and run 24/7. It's expensive and so it's reasonable to charge something
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