0xE1337DAD 15 hours ago

I really don't think spotify gas much to worry about. Pirating music has been a thing since long before Spotify hit the stage. Spotify's strength (and what I pay for) is convenience. Even if I had a personal library with all the music annas-archive pulled down, I still think I'd keep paying for Spotify as long as it remains easily accessible on all my devices.

  • cainxinth 13 hours ago

    I agree. In the early 2000s I spent an absurd amount of time hunting down mp3s, tagging them, organizing them, and burning backups. Looking back, it was a ridiculous amount of effort compared to streaming. Once Spotify came around I was hooked. It’s still worth it to me even with the occasional price hike.

    • ygjb 9 hours ago

      Having worked in streaming media and entertainment for the last several years, I am solidly convinced that most of the streaming media services are built by people who essentially turned the tools they built to manage their pirated libraries into a saleable product :P

cedws 9 hours ago

Why doesn't AA have a Tor hidden service?

  • wolvoleo 5 hours ago

    Good question. Would be very beneficial in terms of protection to us leechers as well.

tokai 12 hours ago

>With ongoing tensions between Greenland and the United States, the .gl registry may not be eager to subject itself to U.S. court jurisdiction.

Danish courts goes really hard at piracy, so they might have played themselves there.