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

by darod 8y ago

ocdtrekkie 8y ago
Probably, since most ad blocker detection can't tell the difference, and the difference is irrelevant to an ad vendor anyways.
- Laforet 8y ago
  This is going to end badly. What if the ISP or corporate network have their own domain blacklists?
  - holtalanm 8y ago
    I was thinking that, as well. Some ISPs blacklist known bad actor ad services, don't they?
  - mrkstu 8y ago
    I block advertising as a category at our corporate proxy (it saves about 20% of potential web traffic and about 85% of the vectors of infection,)! People definitely aren’t going to be happy if they start losing their accounts for listening at work...
    - ocdtrekkie 8y ago
      Yeah, corporate filters blocking a number of ad domains is quite common, and a lot of people listen to Spotify at work. This is probably going to go very badly.
  - joombaga 8y ago
    Their users would not be in violation of the TOS. > The following is not permitted for any reason whatsoever: ... > 10. circumventing or blocking advertisements in the Spotify Service, or creating or distributing tools designed to block advertisements in the Spotify Service; https://www.spotify.com/us/legal/end-user-agreement/ https://www.spotify.com/us/legal/end-user-agreement/ The user in this case would not be responsible for the blocking.
- vaylian 8y ago
  I am looking forward to the day when the ad provider has an outage and spotify detects that 100% of their users do not load ads. Or when popular antiviruses start blocking suspicious website contents.
  - WrtCdEvrydy 8y ago
    Honestly, this would be an amazing way to take out Spotify. Denial of Service at the ad provider, cripple the user base, advertise your service with a "don't get spoti-screwed"
darod 8y ago
"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.
- woodrowbarlow 8y ago
  so anyone who contributes to a general-purpose adblocker like ublock origin is in violation of spoitfy's ToS? what if someone has a paid account but is also (for example) the author of pihole? that's over-reaching.

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

by darod 8y ago

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.

Laforet 8y ago
This is going to end badly. What if the ISP or corporate network have their own domain blacklists?
- holtalanm 8y ago
  I was thinking that, as well. Some ISPs blacklist known bad actor ad services, don't they?
- mrkstu 8y ago
  I block advertising as a category at our corporate proxy (it saves about 20% of potential web traffic and about 85% of the vectors of infection,)! People definitely aren’t going to be happy if they start losing their accounts for listening at work...
  - ocdtrekkie 8y ago
    Yeah, corporate filters blocking a number of ad domains is quite common, and a lot of people listen to Spotify at work. This is probably going to go very badly.
- joombaga 8y ago
  Their users would not be in violation of the TOS. > The following is not permitted for any reason whatsoever: ... > 10. circumventing or blocking advertisements in the Spotify Service, or creating or distributing tools designed to block advertisements in the Spotify Service; https://www.spotify.com/us/legal/end-user-agreement/ https://www.spotify.com/us/legal/end-user-agreement/ The user in this case would not be responsible for the blocking.
vaylian 8y ago
I am looking forward to the day when the ad provider has an outage and spotify detects that 100% of their users do not load ads. Or when popular antiviruses start blocking suspicious website contents.
- WrtCdEvrydy 8y ago
  Honestly, this would be an amazing way to take out Spotify. Denial of Service at the ad provider, cripple the user base, advertise your service with a "don't get spoti-screwed"

darod 8y ago

"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.

woodrowbarlow 8y ago
so anyone who contributes to a general-purpose adblocker like ublock origin is in violation of spoitfy's ToS? what if someone has a paid account but is also (for example) the author of pihole? that's over-reaching.