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Spotify Releases a Linux-Only Client Library

Posted by timothy on from the you-and-you-and-definitely-not-you dept.

f0rk writes "Spotify, a popular music streaming service, has just recently released libspotify. An official, binary-only, only for subscribers, library to 'enable and inspire you to build some really cool stuff.' The first release only has support for x86-32 Linux, the only major platform Spotify does not run on. It looks like the Spotify team is trying to be nice to the Linux community and hope someone will use their restricted binary-only library to write a Linux client."

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  1. Perfect editorial! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Funny

    "Spotify, a popular music streaming service, has just recently released libspotify. An official, binary-only, only for subscribers, library to 'enable and inspire you to build some really cool stuff.' The first release only have support for x86-32 Linux, the only major platform Spotify do not run on. It looks like the Spotify team is trying to be nice to the Linux community and hope some one will use there restricted binary-only library to write a Linux client."

    Wow, that are some insanely tight proofreading they're, editors.

    1. Re:Perfect editorial! by Mikkeles · · Score: 3, Funny

      'Wow, that are some insanely tight proofreading their, editors.'

      Fixed that for you.

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  2. Awesome-This will change the face of online music! by gavron · · Score: 2, Funny
    I'm SO excited! A binary-only blob is much better than nothing! It's like getting herpes instead of having no diseases anyway. Sure we'd rather have a-cure-for-herpes but hey, getting a quarter of that is better than nothing!

    What is spotify anyway? Anyone ever heard of it? Other than the illiterate OP did anyone care? Slow day in slashdot editor land?

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