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QuantumSpecter@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 days ago

Spotify fans threaten to return to piracy as music streamer introduces new face-scanning age checks in the UK

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Spotify fans threaten to return to piracy as music streamer introduces new face-scanning age checks in the UK

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QuantumSpecter@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 days ago
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Spotify is the latest app to bring in age verification
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    people like having their stuff.

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      When you lease access to information, you literally don’t have any stuff.

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      Well… with streaming services people don’t actually have anything, because nothing in there is theirs to own ;)

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        sure. though it would be easier to talk someone into jumping off a bridge than to convince them to give up something they mostly hate but enjoy one crucial feature of

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