[bobbyraduloff]

Kernel level packet filtering to avoid Spotify ads is about the same level of mental gymnastics as the GPT-generated “we’re not pirates” argument in their README.

While Spotify is obviously an immoral company, you, the person reading this, are not entitled to free 24/7 cloud-streamed music on demand. They are a business and they don’t owe that service to you on principle.

If you don’t like them as a company, there’s way to purchase the music directly (remember how we all used the iTunes Store back in the day) and there are other streaming services whose morals you might find more acceptable.

To be clear, I’m not making some grand “piracy is evil” argument, but I’m saying that to publish software enabling piracy with the justification that a business’ free service is not good enough value for you is a bit out there.

[antif]

I’m confused.. effective ad blocking is now “piracy?”

I thought TiVo settled that argument long ago.

Edit; maybe not TiVo leading the disruption here: https://modern-counsel.com/2016/tivo/

[NoMoreNicksLeft]

>you, the person reading this, are not entitled to free 24/7 cloud-streamed music on demand.

I took it anyway. I have a few terabytes of flac that I stream through Plex when I feel like it. I dare anyone to stop me. Pay hard drive manufacturers, not IP companies.

[immibis]

Neither is Spotify owed anything from you. They aren't owed money, unless you agreed to pay them money (actually agreed, not clickwrap). They aren't owed ad views, because clickwrap agreements to watch ads generally don't actually have any legal force. And if they think they do, let them sue you and find out. You don't owe them advance compliance according to what would benefit them the most, but they benefit greatly from you thinking you do.

This applies to a lot of things, not Spotify in particular.

[Marsymars]

> Kernel level packet filtering to avoid Spotify ads is about the same level of mental gymnastics as the GPT-generated “we’re not pirates” argument in their README.

This jumble of sentences stuck out to me as logically incoherent, but not necessarily LLM-generated. I guess I need to update my mental model a bit to account for more things being being LLM-generated.