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Spotify fans threaten to return to piracy as music streamer introduces new face-scanning age checks in the UK (www.techradar.com)
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[–] Epzillon@lemmy.world 6 points 5 days ago (2 children)

Im not even in the UK and im still going to cancel due to this. Thanks spotify, fuck you :)

[–] percent@infosec.pub 9 points 4 days ago

Well I don't think Spotify wants to do it, but it's probably a better option than abandoning their UK users.

I assume the other streaming options will do the same in the UK market, so probably better to look at self-hosted alternatives, if you're into that

[–] balder1991@lemmy.world 8 points 4 days ago

What are they supposed to do? Pull away from the UK?