Spotify will now suspend or terminate accounts it finds are using ad blockers

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Post by sinstein » Fri, Feb 08, 2019, 1:37 PM UTC

Spotify will now suspend or terminate accounts it finds are using ad blockers
techcrunch.com

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Post by darod » Fri, Feb 08, 2019, 2:00 PM UTC

I wonder if this also applies to people who edit their hosts file.

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Post by [deleted] » Fri, Feb 08, 2019, 2:01 PM UTC

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Post by ocdtrekkie » Fri, Feb 08, 2019, 2:01 PM UTC

darod wrote: post #2

I wonder if this also applies to people who edit their hosts file.

Probably, since most ad blocker detection can't tell the difference, and the difference is irrelevant to an ad vendor anyways.

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Post by darod » Fri, Feb 08, 2019, 2:02 PM UTC

darod wrote: post #2

I wonder if this also applies to people who edit their hosts file.

"circumventing or blocking advertisements in the Spotify Service, or creating or distributing tools designed to block advertisements in the Spotify Service;"

I guess that answers that one.

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Post by narrator » Fri, Feb 08, 2019, 2:02 PM UTC

Relevant South Park: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z696bTiP8Ro

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Post by sidyapa » Fri, Feb 08, 2019, 2:02 PM UTC

This is a good move. Even though ads are annoying and frustrating at most times it is not anybody's birth-right to use a product/service for free and block their sources of revenue. If they have a pay-to-remove-ads option, use it.

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Post by isostatic » Fri, Feb 08, 2019, 2:03 PM UTC

I assume this only applies to the free version of spotify

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Post by jasonlfunk » Fri, Feb 08, 2019, 2:03 PM UTC

Apparently the new TOS says that they may do it, not they they will do it.

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Post by Laforet » Fri, Feb 08, 2019, 2:04 PM UTC

ocdtrekkie wrote: post #4

darod wrote: post #2

I wonder if this also applies to people who edit their hosts file.

Probably, since most ad blocker detection can't tell the difference, and the difference is irrelevant to an ad vendor anyways.

This is going to end badly. What if the ISP or corporate network have their own domain blacklists?