Is wikipedia on the list? I see reddit is, lol. We might see an influx soon.

So I feel like I'm now hearing more successful pushes for censorship through this stuff.

Just last week I learned how Texas has a bill that makes it so if anyone ever invested in green technology that they wouldn't be allowed

https://www.texastribune.org/2022/08/24/texas-boycott-companies-fossil-fuels/

...on major/regulated sites only.

The worst was watching porn on spotify...

It has absolutely nothing to do with kids watching porn.

Of course.

*so that the government can say kids won't watch porn.

Rule 1 of computers that everyone who has taught an ICT class learns - if little Timmy wants titties, he finds a way.

The news can't easily report on users actually returning to piracy; who would admit to it? And how would you get data on it? Much easier to truthfully report on users who talk about returning to piracy.

Even using a credit card for something like Spotify is already giving out more information than is needed.

It is 1970-01-01 like me, no?

You've got to be 18 to be able to have a credit card.

At that point someone else has verified your details for them, a bank (who are generally considered to be accurate about most things)

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that's like saying Amazon fans really lol

Apple fans. Spotify fans. Same shit.

Personally, the open source community's aversion to algorithms is what's holding me back. Say what you will about them, but I've found many great songs thanks to Spotify's algo.

I was dragging my feet because I really liked the algorithmic features. As much as I hate "AI" being jammed into everything these days, I really liked their DJ feature, and the "crate a playlist from a prompt" was a lot of fun to play with!

My favorite generated playlist was "Determined music for poopwalking home from Taco Bell"

That being said, they've been corrupting their music exploration tools with corporate interest for a while, so it's been becoming less desirable as a result

I don't use any proprietary apps. Only FOSS apps installed on my phone.

I hate Spotify and would like to stop paying them even 1/5th of a family subscription. But I have researched alternatives and haven't found one that meets my need to manage offline files, playlists, and the current playback session across many (and I mean many) devices.

They want to scan your face to get as many images of people of stated ages to feed into their facial recognition system. Do not for one moment think it is for anything else.

Edit: it is like how Facebook had a 10 years ago you looked like this! Post a new comparison photo today!' Specifically because they want to know how people age for their AI shit.

We live in a rural part of Canada that has been left behind by modern times. Mostly by the choice of the residents. I grew up during satanic panic. It was crazy here. My wife and I let our kids listen to anything they want. They always have. They're 10 and 12.

Their friends often comment about swear words and "sex, drugs and rock and roll" themes of the music they listen too. As an old man I get to regale them with stories of how crazy the Christians were over heavy metal and punk rock when I was a kid, including their grandma.

Now I yell "you're gonna go to hell!" As a joke to them every time their friends bring it up and I am around.

Just get me the kid bop version

I've been cursing a lot lately, and I blame what I listened to in Spotify. By no means was it because I was playing my pirated Eminem music all weekend 🤣🤣

My parents only let me listen to Spanish language music when I was little, so I wouldn't understand the cursing. 😂

I mean, fuck it. At this point we might as well put our passport numbers in the HTTP headers.

Coming to a pop up near you. If they even bother to ask any more.

Piracy preserves media.

Piracy preserves art.

Piracy makes sure, that future generations still have access to the creations of humanity.

Data hoarding is a service to the public.

Fans of things that are provisioned by Spotify.

Wrong

Piracy is 100x more ethical