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Spotify changes developer mode API to require premium accounts, limits test users (techcrunch.com)
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[–] chris@lemmy.grey.fail 6 points 4 hours ago

Man, this kind of sucks.

I wrote a nifty script a few years ago that pulls the popularity metric of a song, converts that to a star rating, and writes that to a tag with Mutagen. At a glance I can see the hits. If I like the track, I'll "love" it (side stepping the need for a personal rating). It's a system that's been serving me well for a long time.

Locking down APIs does seem to be the trend. I'm not sure I'll look to adapt.

Giving money to Spotify is out of the question, but I may pay for Deezer or something.