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Re:Backing Up Spotify by Retr0id on Tuesday December 23, 2025 @01:51AM (#46363050)
Then how do people with free accounts listen to music lol

(It is plausible they added some new DRM but it's not going to be anything too crazy)

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Re:Backing Up Spotify by nsteel on Wednesday December 24, 2025 @07:48PM (#46381019)
Their official clients have moved over to playplay DRM protection for non-lossless files too. The old key endpoints no longer work for free accounts, they must have added a server-side check.
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