Hack that made some Spotify accounts Premium for free is being disabled

Spotify, known for being the world's biggest subscription music service, actually has more free accounts than paid subscribers. Free accounts get a limited version of the true Spotify experience, and have to tolerate frequent ads -- unless users fire up hacked apps that serve up the full Spotify Premium service without having to pay. Now that Spotify is about to go public and its finances are under more scrutiny than ever, it seems as if the company is cracking down on the pirates. According to ...