Spotify: welcome to our P2P borg

rcjordan · August 30, 2011, 03:09:34 PM

"when Spotify wasn't playing audio, it was using my network connection. A lot."

"not immediately disclosed by Spotify: the application employs built-in peer-to-peer networking technology to share streaming music from its cache on my computer with other Spotify users who want the same tunes, presumably taking the load off Spotify's own servers. There's almost no mention of this P2P functionality on Spotify's own site. And no way to throttle or turn off the upstream P2P use in either the free or paid version which, probably, is a key part of Spotify's business and technology model. "

http://www.geekwire.com/2011/practical-nerd-hidden-price-free

ukgimp · August 30, 2011, 04:36:44 PM

I dont like that. Might be enough to make me cancel.

DrCool · August 30, 2011, 06:03:46 PM

Seriously. That is pretty lame. I always wondered why it never really closed when you clicked the "x".

eurotrash · September 02, 2011, 01:57:32 PM

Worth asking Shak if that's true. - tweeted him and it was r/t'd by Jason

Rumbas · September 05, 2011, 07:27:49 AM

>tweeted him

Me too - got a DM saying; you can't please everyone all the time..

rcjordan · September 06, 2011, 12:59:28 AM

Well, Shak's reply is more diplomatic than 'welcome to the Borg' but Borg it is.

werty · September 12, 2011, 05:08:23 AM

Ohhh that is pretty lame. Especially if I am paying for it.

eurotrash · September 12, 2011, 03:02:35 PM

I very rarely use it at all and only had the free version on one machine. Decided it would be better to remove.

oilman · November 01, 2011, 11:29:56 PM

so grab a bunch of playlists you want for offline mode then block it at the firewall

you guys are always so cranky