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		bigyikes on Oct 30, 2023 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Meta to charge for ad-free versions of Facebook an... Can you elaborate on how users are the product for Spotify?

truckerbill on Oct 30, 2023 [–]

There are a tiny number of major labels that control music rights. Presumably they are interested in listening data. Also Spotify free tier has ads so it's the same as any other social network in terms of fingerprinting.

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