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Comment by bennyg | Hacker News Reader

Notch could not have overreacted more. Sure their ToS may allow for privacy creep, but that thread of messages between him and Daniel Ek was so cringe for Notch. He basically doesn't want Spotify to be able to access anybody's photos because how he utilizes music and playlists doesn't use photos. Sounds pretty selfish and naive to me.

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"With your permission, we may collect information stored on your mobile device, such as contacts, photos, or media files. Local law may require that you seek the consent of your contacts to provide their personal information to Spotify, which may use that information for the purposes specified in this Privacy Policy."

Sharing all your friends' contact details with Spotify despite them possibly having never even seen the ToS just so you can listen to some tunes seems more "selfish and naive" if you ask me. Potentially in violation of EU data protection laws too.

I wasn't talking about that part. I was talking about Notch basically not understanding why people would want to use pictures to make playlists and to identify themselves to friends on a social music platform. He basically said it was totally unnecessary and arrogantly inferred that the way he uses music is the only way people should use music.

Wow.

He's voting with his wallet because he disagrees with the direction that a company seems to be taking. Everyone is free to choose for themselves based on their personal comfort level. How is this selfish and naive?

> "This is a bizarre reply. It needs access to them to be able to let you do so. There's NO NEED for anything like that for music."

His opinion, but definitely not everybody's. Probably not even a majority.

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