@j_greig you're absolutely right. I'm a big fan of Spotify and artists (obviously) deserve to be compensated for their work.
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@j_greig we are not. Outside of the products we post, everything is driven by the community and inevitably there will be controversial submissions (this isn't the first one).
@redphx thumbs up for the engineering and cleverness behind the extension.
What I like about Spotify is that I can stream or download music while making sure I’m paying the artists I listen to. Do artists still get paid when I download their MP3s?
As for non-subscribers – what’s their benefit of downloading MP3s over buying a Spotify subscription?
Thanks for your response, @redphx!
It’s great that you challenged yourself and then built and shipped something that works.
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The reason why I made this extension is to challenge myself, not for pirating. After reading all the comments in this post, I decied to take the extension down. Sorry for all the trouble. It's really easy to fix this extension, so I hope Spotify will patch their site soon.
@rrhoover : it's ok if you want to delete this submission.
Sorry for my English
@redphx I thought it was cool that you built this. Honestly, if someone wants to "pirate" music they will do so anyways (very easy to access the files on your computer when they load up regardless). I'm glad you challenged yourself to see if this was possible. Keep it up and just be safe out there.
@rrhoover@redphx I'm in the music biz and this intrigued me. My criticism was more focused on the legal aspect than the downloading functionality, which I'm very focused on myself. Perhaps we should chat about downloading and its possibilities.
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