Don't get me wrong, fuck the US healthcare system, and fuck the insurance companies. But this is not a well adjusted, reasonable, sane response. I think I draw the line quite a bit before chopping someone up and wearing their penis around my neck. We're not barbarians.
It's interesting that the threat model also includes participants. They take into account that when a user leaves, it should be impossible for them to continue listening.
I don't think it's Spotify. Spotify already gets their cut, they have no reason to put out "fake music". This is a very well known "passive income" scheme. It's obviously real people doing it
Close enough