2 million Spotify users are blocking ads... for free

Spotify has revealed that around 2 million of its users have been using hacked versions of apps to bypass ads without paying for the privilege. It means that more than 2 percent of the service's free users are useful modified versions of apps. The hacked apps also allow for access to premium Spotify features, and this explains the company's eagerness to crack down on the practice. See also: Mozilla's 2018 roadmap shows ad blocking (of sorts) is coming to Firefox Ad-blocker and privacy tool Ghostery goes open source, and has new ways to make money Google explains how Chrome's new… [Continue Reading]