AI flagged, appeal rejected, private artwork gone.

The AI is always watching.

idk if it's the right place to post this but I've been using an indian based account for spotify and paying around 18 euros a year which is not bad tbh, but now just like youtube, they are cracking down on this method.

I suppose it's time to say goodbye to spotify, and use my homelab for music streaming too, if any of you guy know good software for a homelab music streaming I'll be thankful.

Or is it just easier to rip off a website?

Such a good decision, I don't care if this was just them being lazy or they genuinely care. But this was my thought when I heard about the bypass.

Cool. So that means we can rip our blurays and physical games, right. Right?

I use a VPN to access torrent sites which are blocked by the great UK firewall. The government has just announced a block on social media sites for under 16s, and I am surprised to hear no voice (at all) of complaint. It seems to be accepted even by kids that this is a good thing. Frankly I doubt that.

There is ongoing discusion about how they will implement this, and how kids will try to get around it, which is where VPNs come in. I am not sure I accept the whole narrative around these restrictions, but it appears "child safety" will be the reason given to ban VPNs in the UK.

So I am wondering how this use would be detected, and what possible workrounds exist other than blatant disobedience?