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> I can see the point from an engineering point-of-view, this is a riddle to be solved, but why would you want to help people circumvent one of the (to me) reas
by gsnedders 12y ago
> I can see the point from an engineering point-of-view, this is a riddle to be solved, but why would you want to help people circumvent one of the (to me) reasonable ways of enjoying and paying for music?
I have a PPC computer running Linux. It is impossible for me to use Spotify on this computer. I am happy to pay for the service. Is it irresponsible for me to reverse-engineer the protocol so that I may use a service I have paid for on a device they do not support?
Reverse-engineering the protocol doesn't necessarily mean I want to pirate the content.
- Steer 12y agoFrom my point of view; if you are paying for Spotify, feel free to use any way you can to actually use the service. If you are not paying for it; don't use it. I did not understand the article as a way of enjoying the service on not supported OSes, but I can agree that is a good thing as long as people pay for the service.
- andor 12y agoI just checked the web player, and it requires Adobe Flash (gnash is not enough). The fun thing is, even with DRM coming to browsers natively, there probably won't be a module for Linux/PPC. DRM must be closed-source for obscurity, and the market for Linux/PPC is too small.