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		kefabean 33 days ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Backing up Spotify That’s if they pretend to stream the music. If they are using throwaway free accounts I imagine they can download the DRM-stripped files much more quickly.

morsch 33 days ago [–]

True, but I could see them rate limiting that much more aggressively than streaming.

sejje 32 days ago | [–]

You can download playlists for offline use, it'll go pretty fast. I doubt they monitor it that hard.

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