Help - Please No Google!!

[steve314158]

 Spotify is moving to a Google cloud service.  Say it ain't so!!

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!

Google already has more than enough information about the populace - giving them our music listening habits by having them host for Spotify is more than just troubling.  PLEASE SPOTIFY - DO NOT USE GOOGLE.

Diversity in who owns the data is paramount to privacy - something we all hold dear.

Please reconsider the business relationship with Google.

I love the Spotify service - it's among the very best products/services out there (period), but I am seriously considering cancelling my premium service because of this.

Articles:

http://www.wired.com/2016/02/spotify-moves-itself-onto-googles-cloud-lucky-for-google/

http://www.zdnet.com/article/spotify-to-switch-from-aws-to-google-cloud/

[Flixx]

Hi there, welcome to the Spotify Community!

What is exactly the problem about moving to Google?

Google Cloud Services are one of the best cloud services you can get, looking at the up-time.

Every cloud provider knows things about the users, so that makes no sense.

[steve314158]

Not sure what was unclear - which part makes no sense to you?

- there are privacy concerns when Google gets even more data.  Music listening habits tell Google a great deal about the listeners of that music.  They've already got vast amounts of information and now they have / will have more..

Meanwhile, the chatter on Reddit & elsewhere indicates that users are leaving Spotify Premium and going with Google Play Music All Access.  Google is Spotify's competitor - why willingly hand over your customer data to them??  Now that makes no sense.