I'd like to get some clarification on some of this. I've been a paying Pandora subscriber for a pretty long time, though not the 20-years quoted by some. I think around ten? You linked to the Terms of Use, which I'll admit I haven't read in quite some time of course. Particularly concerning to me is this passage that you reference:
Any access or use of our Services through an application, service, or method provided by a party other than Pandora or one of our licensed partners is strictly prohibited, outside the scope of the license granted herein, and may subject your account to termination and other legal action.
Is there a possibility that this clause could be changed? I don't think it's a particular burden on Pandora to simply continue supporting the API that you've been supporting all of this time. Or, if you have a strong business reason to change it (which I would understand), to expose some public documentation on the changes to enable the Open Source community to adapt to your change. I don't think you need to explicitly support Open Source clients, but I think being actively hostile to them is... probably not a take I want to continue supporting through my subscription.
I realize that this is a bigger issue than "some Linux nerds had no Pandora client for a day." I would like to know if there's a plan to implement bigger changes after this feedback than turning these apparently deprecated interfaces back on.
I prefer Pandora over Spotify for a number of reasons, and some of them are referenced above, but if Open Source clients on my operating system of choice (instead of the inefficient and inconvenient browser interface) could subject me to legal action, I see no reason to continue to place myself in legal jeopardy at my own expense.
On a bit of further reflection, I've gone ahead and cancelled my subscription. Thanks for the years of good recommendations. 🙂
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