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Google admits Spotify pays no Play Store fees because of a secret deal | TechCrunch (techcrunch.com)
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[+] -10 points 2 years ago (1 child)

NetEase Music. It's a spotify clone from China, and the VIP version costs like $1.20 a month.

It doesn't spy on your phone and requires zero permissions (I've tested this extensively), but you will need a VPN set to China, Hong Kong or Taiwan for it to work (assuming you don't live in either place).

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  • [–] 17 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    China and doesn't spy on your phone, I'll take things that don't go together for 200 Alex

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  • [–] 3 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    I'm in China and work as head of IT security for a European company. As such I monitor my phone religiously for any transgressions. Netease Music works with zero permissions (unless you want to use the downloader) and doesn't try to exfiltrate any data whatsoever.

    Install PCAPdroid and see for yourself, you can monitor all traffic on system level on a per app basis.

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  • [–] 1 point 2 years ago (2 children)

    at the very least, I expect it to make requests for every song you're streaming which are associated with your account and payment information.

    they also get your music consuming habits, because they know the times you listen to music and to which music at each time.

    that's a hell lot of data to analyze and sell.

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  • [–] 3 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    As if Spotify and other services don't lmao.

    Spotify even dug your bluetooth device name.

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  • [–] 2 points 2 years ago

    definitely. You're absolutely right, Spotify is a privacy nightmare and I didn't say otherwise.

    The post I was replying to was arguing that the service they were using was private, I just told them that even if the app doesn't need any permissions they still have the ability to spy on their users and most probably do so.

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  • [–] 0 points 2 years ago

    And how, prey tell, should a music streaming service that delivers suggestions based on your preferences deliver content if not by analyzing your listening behavior?

    If you're afraid of that, then there's no music service whatsoever you can use.

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