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Re:Spotify Will End Service in Uruguay Due to Bill Requiring... by morsch on Thursday November 23, 2023 @08:43AM (#38392643)
Why wouldn't a modern Napster replacement a) run on your phone and b) have music discovery? Doing both P2P is only a legal challenge (as in, it is illegal), not a technical one.
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Re:Spotify Will End Service in Uruguay Due to Bill Requiring... by jl6 on Thursday November 23, 2023 @08:47AM (#38392693)
Illegal things are harder to do on phones because the app stores act as enforcers in a way that desktop OS vendors don’t. Most people don’t sideload or jailbreak.
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Re:Spotify Will End Service in Uruguay Due to Bill Requiring... by PodgieTar on Thursday November 23, 2023 @08:47AM (#38392687)
In what world would Apple allow a piracy app on their AppStore? This may change with the EU demanding other AppStores - but as of right now it would be unworkable.
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