"To the degree that Spotify has decided that as an organization, as a company, that they would like to take a stand against these types of behavior, I think they are doing absolutely the right thing," Alfaro said. "I think they are well within their ethical rights to do so. It's not that they are restricting the access to the actual songs or musical product but the fact that they essentially decided not to offer free promotion is the right middle ground."

Source: Los Angeles Times May 10, 2018 23:15 UTC