They brought it on themselves, they slowly went from small unobtrusive ads to half the page full of ads including video with sound that autoplays when you load the page, I hardly visit MSN now because of such ads.
So the author thinks we should applaud Spotify for being open about collecting a ton of information that isn't needed for the service they provide just because others collect a ton of info as well? Maybe instead we should all be boycotting these services until they get their heads out of their...
The difference between 320kbit and flac isn't noticeable to a normal person and would probably require high end headphones/speakers for an audiophile to spot the difference.
Maybe if Google et al didn't track your every movement then allow every shyster willing to pay to target you with ads people wouldn't feel the need to block them. The advertisers have gotten so intrusive that some pages now default to auto running video ads with sound enabled which just p*sses...
I saw a documentary a year or 2 ago where 1 japanese TV maker said 4k was a stepping stone to 8k; 8k is where they expect to stop as after that the benefits become increasingly small.
Todays main problem seems to be that we live in a narcissistic nightmare where people spend more time documenting concerts etc than actually enjoying them.