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Spotify won’t open-source Car Thing, but starts refund process
(arstechnica.com)
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this post was submitted on 30 May 2024
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Unless the code in car thing exposes vulnerabilities or potential exploits in Spotify. Even the potential exposure may not be worth the risk to them.
my money is on Spotify violating licensed open-source code in Car Thing, which would be revealed if they open-sourced their code.