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From a privacy standpoint, i guess. I want to support open scrobbling with listenbrainz and the account isn't directly linked to a real acc. Why shouldn't I/ why don't you?

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[–] angrystego@lemmy.world 7 points 10 months ago (2 children)

In totalitarian countries, those who listen to certain types of music are persecuted, because it links them with demografic that can be threatening to the regime. Even if your country is not totalitarian now, the existence of this data could be potentionally harmful to you in the future (just like any data, really).

[–] drkt@feddit.dk 8 points 10 months ago (1 children)

The day my government arrests me for listening to furry speedcore is the day I'll eat my socks, man

[–] angrystego@lemmy.world 3 points 10 months ago

Yeah, it's great to be safe in your country. I enjoy it too, fortunately. But it's not the same everywhere.

[–] loutr@sh.itjust.works 3 points 10 months ago

In quite a few countries some genres of music are actually illegal. Nazi music in France, most of western music in Iran, ...