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Pro@programming.devM to Technology@programming.devEnglish · 3 days ago

Spotify Threatens to Delete Accounts That Fail Digital ID Checks

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Spotify Threatens to Delete Accounts That Fail Digital ID Checks

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Pro@programming.devM to Technology@programming.devEnglish · 3 days ago
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Spotify’s move risks turning casual listeners into scanned data points under the guise of safety compliance.
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  • 🇰 🌀 🇱 🇦 🇳 🇦 🇰 🇮 @pawb.social
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    Is there porn on Spotify or something? The fuck do they need age verification for?

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      Expletives in music and podcasts, mostly. Think about the children 🤡

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    Would be amazing if they lost a substantial amount of customers as consequence

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      I sure would start saling the sea.

      • AbsolutelyNotAVelociraptor@sh.itjust.works
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        Setting up a jellyfin private server is much easier than I initially thought. Since january or so, I’ve been doing awesomely without spotify.

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          Yeah but as a IT worker that actually sounds like work.

          • AbsolutelyNotAVelociraptor@sh.itjust.works
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            The setup is no longer than maybe 10-15 minutes. Filling the library is a different thing tho.

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        There was a cracked Spotify, I don’t know if there is a working one today.

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    I hope they delete my account. Wife won’t let me lol

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    I guess we’ll see a spike in death stranding sales if they start asking this widespread.

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    Is this only in the UK it seems?

  • abacabadabacaba@infosec.pub
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    Don’t threaten me with good time!

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    Bye Spotify

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