Spotify can do whatever it wants. It may seem a bit extreme to require a facebook account to use the service, but honestly - competing with a behemoth like Appl

Spotify can do whatever it wants. It may seem a bit extreme to require a facebook account to use the service, but honestly - competing with a behemoth like Apple and iTunes, with it's inevitable rollout of a similar service at some point that - it's not an easy thing to do. For Spotify to succeed against its competitors, it's going to have to take drastic measures, and this is pretty drastic. I've actually wanted more of my friends on facebook to get on the service so we could share music, but many don't even know what Spotify is. In fact, on the flipside, there was an article on one of the Apple/Mac blogs suggesting that Apple desperately needs a social network. Music is meant to be shared.