FreeYourMusic lets users migrate their playlists off Spotify

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Post by bartoszhernas » Wed, Oct 14, 2020, 10:30 AM UTC

FreeYourMusic lets users migrate their playlists off Spotify
freeyourmusic.com

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Post by loopdoend » Wed, Oct 14, 2020, 12:22 PM UTC

Perfect, I have been wanting to get off of Spotify ever since they teamed up with Joe Rogan.

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Post by funcDropShadow » Wed, Oct 14, 2020, 12:23 PM UTC

Doesn't the GDPR require that users have the ability to download their data?

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Post by ddorian43 » Wed, Oct 14, 2020, 12:24 PM UTC

loopdoend wrote: post #2

Perfect, I have been wanting to get off of Spotify ever since they teamed up with Joe Rogan.

... why ? Isn't Joe Rogan pro Bernie as an example ?

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Post by jbverschoor » Wed, Oct 14, 2020, 12:24 PM UTC

funcDropShadow wrote: post #3

Doesn't the GDPR require that users have the ability to download their data?

Yup. in a usable and machine processable format.

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Post by bimusiek » Wed, Oct 14, 2020, 12:27 PM UTC

jbverschoor wrote: post #5

funcDropShadow wrote: post #3

Doesn't the GDPR require that users have the ability to download their data?

Yup. in a usable and machine processable format.

Spotify can argue that they allow it per user request and they do have control over their public API. And they exercise their option to block unwanted services to use their API. Shitty, but theoretically legal.

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Post by cryptixvi » Wed, Oct 14, 2020, 12:27 PM UTC

funcDropShadow wrote: post #3

Doesn't the GDPR require that users have the ability to download their data?

Based on the article - I wouldn't be surprised if they complied by providing you a SHA256 hash for every song in your playlist.

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Post by thesimon » Wed, Oct 14, 2020, 12:28 PM UTC

funcDropShadow wrote: post #3

Doesn't the GDPR require that users have the ability to download their data?

Just requested my file, they say it'll take up to 30 days to get my data. Let's see.

Edit: still waiting, but found an example here:

https://observablehq.com/@a-lexwein/what-i-got-when-i-reques...

Seems quite usable data.

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Post by Hnrobert42 » Wed, Oct 14, 2020, 12:37 PM UTC

This seems less like an article and more like an advertisement.

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Post by costcopizza » Wed, Oct 14, 2020, 12:37 PM UTC

loopdoend wrote: post #2

Perfect, I have been wanting to get off of Spotify ever since they teamed up with Joe Rogan.

Interesting. Do you apply this to all platforms?

If a supermarket sells products that you like, alongside products you don't like, do you stop shopping there?