despotify - code and interface introduction

#hack.se presents despotify, an open source Spotify client and gateway to their service. The client features a curses based (that's right, text based!) user interface as a proof of concept of the underlying code. -- despotify@gmail.com

More info on http://despotify.se/

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[xXSgtWolfXx]

I'm Jonathan from Spotify and I find your comment highly offensive.

[geekthree]

Its interesting.. They probably gain no financial benefits from playing those annoying voicemails, and idiots between songs.. yet they do.

Also, they say the Ads match the musical preferences if the user, which is rubbish, I listened to 99% Classical music, and I got alot of black eyed Peas's ads.. If anything, I hate BEP even more now..

[basement94]

Hey! I installed the despotify-svn package from the Arch User Repository, but my interface looks remarkably different from this one. Is there a difference between despotify and despotify-svn?

[nathan71806]

Just install it with Macports, bro.

[Mark Bridges]

How the fuck do use this app on a Mac? I downloaded it, ran the installer, and nothing. This video appears to be for Linux.

[Michael Woodworth]

They definitely see profit from those ads, and a lot of it. Otherwise, why have them at all?

As for the ads themselves, the "personal tailored ad" generator is poorly coded, and biased. It's my belief that Spotify pushes specific ads via request of the customer, aka. the ad-space buyer, to their users. And why wouldn't they? Highest bidder wins, it's good business.

Has anyone shown interest in purchasing Spotify? I would love to see Google buy it up, just to spite Facebook. Heh.

[NoXram]

Mustasch - Double Nature

[chilesuecoman]

please the name of this sooong :D ?

[DMC1337]

bullshit :)

[drroxter]

Whats your name, What have you had? Reach for the Lazers Safe as Fuck!