I actually agree with you on the transitioning thing. The reason that I said don't regard it as mainstream is (1) this is what they themselves say on their web

I actually agree with you on the transitioning thing. The reason that I said don't regard it as mainstream is (1) this is what they themselves say on their website and (2) I know someone who works there who told me not to rely upon it even existing in the very long term as it just isn't a business priority for them to maintain it. I don't get the tearing I guess we have different set ups (see what I said about not being a mainstream product). On the Mac I find the newer spotify client to be very slow and heavy on resources. On Linux we still have I think the older version that on my laptop uses far less memory and processor to sit in the background and play music. Finally I didn't actually downvote you...