Sweden is home to many things: The Pirate Bay, some fantastic trance and synthpop bands, and of course Spotify. Combine these together (OK, maybe not the bands) and you get The Black Spotify: a gathering of Swedish demo scene coders and hackers determined to crack open Spotify.
To date, several Spotify hacks and workarounds have appeared – these are listed below. NOTE: Use these resources at your own risk (and conscience).
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Another hack to add to the Black Spotify list, Lastify bolts onto the regular Spotify client and lets you Love, Ban, and Tag tracks back to Last.fm. This is an obvious feature missing from Spotify’s official client, but unfortunately for me this plug-in is for Apple Mac only.
Although creator George Brocklehurst calls Lastify a “quick-and-dirty hack,” it seems fairly robust and he provides support and updates via his blog.
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