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4 days ago: new bit Sorry Spotify, not for me It’s instructive that Spotify will pass up even premium accounts at NZD12.99 a month for whatever sweeteners come with their Facebook deal.
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I’m ambivalent about the buttons on the right, preferring to think of them as a way visitors can vote for their favourite social network. You’ll note there’s no Facebook button. Facebook is unable to verify that I exist, at least not at my New Zealand phone number. To reciprocate I’ve decided Facebook doesn’t exist either. Fair’s fair.

Leigh is repaying karma from a previous life by working out this one in IT. She’s a project manager, developer, writer, musician … and a recovering soccer player.