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by pzo 1536 days ago
Consider adding sample audio file to test features without login to Spotify - Helpful for people who are on mobile and keep passwords on desktop password managers
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...or just don't have a Spotify account.
It currently seems to use Spotify's audio analysis API [1], which might be hard to replace.

[1] https://developer.spotify.com/documentation/web-api/referenc...

Indeed. I remember playing with Echo Nest back in the day and being blown away by it, Spotify seemed to either completely castrate it after buying them or just don't bother using it to its full potential.
If your password manager doesn't have a mobile client, you should switch password managers.