Re:Spotify has shut down several API endpoints
by wkat4242 on Thursday November 28, 2024 @07:30AM
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Spotify is from Sweden, not Switzerland.
And they didn't start with illegal MP3s. They did have an ad-supported free tier from the start though. But it was not illegal. See https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spotify
I think it's napster you're thinking of. That was an illegal sharing platform and now a mediocre paid service.
Re:Spotify has shut down several API endpoints
by jfim on Thursday November 28, 2024 @08:36AM
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It might be Grooveshark that they're thinking of, it was notorious for quickly reuploading content that was taken down by DMCA requests: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grooveshark
Re:Spotify has shut down several API endpoints
by crtasm on Thursday November 28, 2024 @10:33AM
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Were the claims made in 2017 shown to be false? I haven't yet read the book - how widely accessible was the beta?
https://torrentfreak.com/spotifys-beta-used-pirate-mp3-files...
https://direct.mit.edu/books/book/4136/Spotify-TeardownInsid...
Re:Spotify has shut down several API endpoints
by herbst on Saturday November 30, 2024 @04:10AM
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No idea where Spotify is from. My point was we didn't need it here in Switzerland as much as collecting music from the internet was a normal and legal thing long before that.
Re:Spotify has shut down several API endpoints
by givinguflac on Friday November 29, 2024 @08:36AM
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Apple Music has a ton of smaller/niche artists and songs that other streamers refuse to pay for. I’ve never found anything missing.
Other than that my point was how incomplete it is and always was. It could be nice as additional catalogue to my music, but for me it's missing to many of my favourite songs to use it as main driver.
Edit:// in Switzerland downloading music for private use is no crime. So the initial situation was different I guess.