Spotify will now suspend or terminate accounts it finds are using ad blockers • Hacker News Board

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

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Post by stronglikedan » Fri, Feb 08, 2019, 2:15 PM UTC

00deadbeef wrote: post #15

I pay on credit card so they can expect a chargeback if they pull this shit on me

If you pay, then you don't get ads anyway.

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

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Post by slouch » Fri, Feb 08, 2019, 2:15 PM UTC

isostatic wrote: post #8

I assume this only applies to the free version of spotify

They have a web player linked from the bottom of their home page, and ad blockers work while using it.

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

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Post by [deleted] » Fri, Feb 08, 2019, 2:15 PM UTC

00deadbeef wrote: post #15

I pay on credit card so they can expect a chargeback if they pull this shit on me

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

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Post by chapium » Fri, Feb 08, 2019, 2:15 PM UTC

sidyapa wrote: post #7

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.

I see the user as free to modify their client. On the same note spotify is not obliged to serve 3rd party or out of spec clients.

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

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Post by MorrisofOrange » Fri, Feb 08, 2019, 2:15 PM UTC

But can they block me muting the ads?

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

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Post by ox_cable » Fri, Feb 08, 2019, 2:17 PM UTC

sidyapa wrote: post #7

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.

While I'm sure I'm in the minority, I absolutely do have the birthright to control what content appears on my device. If they want to prevent ads from being blocked, blocking me from using their service is 100% fine by me.

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

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Post by 00deadbeef » Fri, Feb 08, 2019, 2:17 PM UTC

pilsetnieks wrote: post #18

00deadbeef wrote: post #15

I pay on credit card so they can expect a chargeback if they pull this shit on me

I don't think it applies to paid accounts.

Hopefully not, but the updated terms aren't that clear

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

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Post by ModernMech » Fri, Feb 08, 2019, 2:18 PM UTC

MorrisofOrange wrote: post #25

But can they block me muting the ads?

Dont give them any ideas. Next they will require you to say the advertised brand name 5 times in order to get back to the content.

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

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Post by redsky17 » Fri, Feb 08, 2019, 2:19 PM UTC

The only reason I use an ad-blocker with Spotify in the first place is that they have an abundance of NSFW ads that play. I'm not really comfortable with Trojan advertisements while I'm sitting in the office plugging away. It's definitely their right to deny service if people are freeloading... but there could be other people like me who wouldn't use an ad blocker in the first place (on Spotify, at least) if the ads weren't such garbage.

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

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Post by rnvhhynr » Fri, Feb 08, 2019, 2:21 PM UTC

With an ad blocker on your browser, you can skip all ads. If you're afraid of getting banned and losing your playlists, then create your playlists using one Spotify account, set them as collaborative, then import them from another Spotify account, and run them from there.