I can pick specific songs and even download them for offline playback with Spotify. A problem in that case would come if I try to bypass Spotify's copy protection and play the offline songs in a different player.
youtube-dl was bypassing geo-blocks.
youtube-dl was bypassing geo-blocks.
I don't think it was. I've been told by youtube-dl that content is blocked in my region many times.
The article spells out how they claim youtube-dl is bypassing copy protection.