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The modern desktop app is at a point where it's pretty solid, but I still miss that old 0.80.x branch or whatever the final non-chromium verison was. But you

by criley2 11y ago

The modern desktop app is at a point where it's pretty solid, but I still miss that old 0.80.x branch or whatever the final non-chromium verison was. But you know what? Google doesn't have a desktop app for Google Music. Amazon doesn't have a desktop app for Amazon Prime. Apple doesn't have a desktop version... so yeah, despite the fact that Spotify's only-one-in-the-business desktop app isn't perfect, it does exist... (and I do use it every day between Android and two desktops and I think it works pretty ok)

pfg 11y ago
Apple's desktop version is iTunes.
iMiiTH 11y ago
The desktop app is nothing special, just another web-view. Put Amazon or Google Music into Fluid and you have the same functionality minus media key control.
- cwyers 11y ago
  "Minus key control" is HUGE, though. Key control is amazing.
- criley2 11y ago
  That's not true at all. It's more than a web view as it supports more functionality, for example the open.spotify.com website does not supported a nested folder structure, but, on desktop I create something like http://i.imgur.com/pOMwTeB.png http://i.imgur.com/pOMwTeB.png. It also has the integration between phone and multiple devices, unlike web, so I can control my desktop app from my phone (full control of desktop from phone, and vice versa)
philliphaydon 11y ago
I closed my account about 3 months after they changed the desktop app. Haven't tried since. May give it another to.
jschmitz28 11y ago
Amazon Music has a desktop client: http://www.amazon.com/gp/feature.html/?ie=UTF8&docId=1001067901 http://www.amazon.com/gp/feature.html/?ie=UTF8&docId=1001067...
- philliphaydon 11y ago
  I don't believe it's available in Singapore :( asks for US address when I tried to sign up not long ago.
mbrock 11y ago
Pretty solid is a bit of an exaggeration in my case. About once a day, my MacBook's fans start spinning like crazy. By now I know... oh, it's "Spotify Helper" stuck in a loop again, lemme force quit it. Before I reinstalled, instead Spotify would show me "there's a new version!" every single day, seemingly without upgrading anything. These serious quality issues, plus the horrifying visual ads (for playlists and new albums) make Spotify a product I kind of love to hate. I mostly dig the iOS version though. But I'm still angry with how these services transform the idea of "music player" into "streaming client hooked into the commercial music industry."
- sauere 11y ago
  God i hate Spotify Helper
  - mbrock 11y ago
    I googled for "spotify helper 100 cpu" and there seem to be tons of forum threads of people complaining about it... but the community forum insists that I register an account to even view the threads linked by Google, so, um, maybe I'll just go back to sheer piracy, so I can use open source software that doesn't break my computer.
- JonnieCache 11y ago
  rm -rf ~/Library/Caches/com.spotify.client/ fixes that for me. For a while. I had no idea it was another fucking chrome wrapper now. It used to be completely native didn't it? This explains a lot. Does anyone fancy putting the last good client up on mega or something?
- StavrosK 11y ago
  I started using Pandora purely because of Pithos (a native Desktop app). Uses next to no resources and has all the functionality. Hell, there's even pianobar, a command-line client. How I wish we had these for Google Music, my platform of choice. Spotify is right out unless I need to listen to a specific song.
- HemanHeartYou 11y ago
staticelf 11y ago
Groove (xbox music) has a desktop app and it runs a lot better than Spotifys. Also Tidal has a desktop app that also runs better.
- rplnt 11y ago
  You are not tied to the Spotify official app if you are a paying customer. There are alternatives.
  - bonaldi 11y ago
    Oh yeah? Any good ones?
    - rplnt 11y ago
      Not that I know of really. I mean, I haven't tried any. I just stumbled upon their existence when searching for media servers.
  - staticelf 11y ago
    Or I can simply pay for basically any other service that does the same job without facebook (even though I have an old account), without social features, without a shitty client that drains computer resources in mysterious ways. But finally, an app that doesn't require me to share my pictures with them. That was the spike in the coffin for me. I really enjoyed Spotify when it was new, but their clients has just been lowering in quality ever since beta. Honestly, I think the beta client was way better than the client today.
    - rplnt 11y ago
      > [...] their clients has just been lowering in quality ever since beta. > Honestly, I think the beta client was way better than the client today. As a response to a post only stating that you don't need to use their client? Seriously? Also, what has facebook to do with anything?
mnsc 11y ago
0.8.5.1356 still alive and kicking in this office...
00deadbeef 11y ago
I'm still using 0.9.7 on my Mac. I've deliberately broken its self-updating so I can keep it. If they ever do anything that stops this client from working they lose me as a customer. This is one of the last versions that have the old interface. The new all-black version is hideous and I hate using it. There's a massive thread on their forums full of people that hate it. I can't believe, with the amount of funding they have, that they can't spare the dev hours to build a few themes: light, dark, and somewhere in between.
nunez 11y ago
> Apple doesn't have a desktop option iTunes?
wodenokoto 11y ago
> Apple doesn't have a desktop version... What? iTunes isn't available on the desktop anymore? When did that happen? I used Apple Music on my laptop when it was released last summer.
joubert 11y ago
Apple Music is available in the iTunes desktop app (Mac, dunno about Windows).
mr337 11y ago
Just be happy your getting updates! http://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2016/03/spotify-linux-no-development http://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2016/03/spotify-linux-no-developm...

by criley2 11y ago

pfg 11y ago

Apple's desktop version is iTunes.

iMiiTH 11y ago

The desktop app is nothing special, just another web-view. Put Amazon or Google Music into Fluid and you have the same functionality minus media key control.

cwyers 11y ago
"Minus key control" is HUGE, though. Key control is amazing.
criley2 11y ago
That's not true at all. It's more than a web view as it supports more functionality, for example the open.spotify.com website does not supported a nested folder structure, but, on desktop I create something like http://i.imgur.com/pOMwTeB.png http://i.imgur.com/pOMwTeB.png. It also has the integration between phone and multiple devices, unlike web, so I can control my desktop app from my phone (full control of desktop from phone, and vice versa)

philliphaydon 11y ago

I closed my account about 3 months after they changed the desktop app. Haven't tried since. May give it another to.

jschmitz28 11y ago

Amazon Music has a desktop client: http://www.amazon.com/gp/feature.html/?ie=UTF8&docId=1001067901 http://www.amazon.com/gp/feature.html/?ie=UTF8&docId=1001067...

philliphaydon 11y ago
I don't believe it's available in Singapore :( asks for US address when I tried to sign up not long ago.

mbrock 11y ago

Pretty solid is a bit of an exaggeration in my case. About once a day, my MacBook's fans start spinning like crazy. By now I know... oh, it's "Spotify Helper" stuck in a loop again, lemme force quit it. Before I reinstalled, instead Spotify would show me "there's a new version!" every single day, seemingly without upgrading anything. These serious quality issues, plus the horrifying visual ads (for playlists and new albums) make Spotify a product I kind of love to hate. I mostly dig the iOS version though. But I'm still angry with how these services transform the idea of "music player" into "streaming client hooked into the commercial music industry."

sauere 11y ago
God i hate Spotify Helper
- mbrock 11y ago
  I googled for "spotify helper 100 cpu" and there seem to be tons of forum threads of people complaining about it... but the community forum insists that I register an account to even view the threads linked by Google, so, um, maybe I'll just go back to sheer piracy, so I can use open source software that doesn't break my computer.
JonnieCache 11y ago
rm -rf ~/Library/Caches/com.spotify.client/ fixes that for me. For a while. I had no idea it was another fucking chrome wrapper now. It used to be completely native didn't it? This explains a lot. Does anyone fancy putting the last good client up on mega or something?
StavrosK 11y ago
I started using Pandora purely because of Pithos (a native Desktop app). Uses next to no resources and has all the functionality. Hell, there's even pianobar, a command-line client. How I wish we had these for Google Music, my platform of choice. Spotify is right out unless I need to listen to a specific song.
HemanHeartYou 11y ago

staticelf 11y ago

Groove (xbox music) has a desktop app and it runs a lot better than Spotifys. Also Tidal has a desktop app that also runs better.

rplnt 11y ago
You are not tied to the Spotify official app if you are a paying customer. There are alternatives.
- bonaldi 11y ago
  Oh yeah? Any good ones?
  - rplnt 11y ago
    Not that I know of really. I mean, I haven't tried any. I just stumbled upon their existence when searching for media servers.
- staticelf 11y ago
  Or I can simply pay for basically any other service that does the same job without facebook (even though I have an old account), without social features, without a shitty client that drains computer resources in mysterious ways. But finally, an app that doesn't require me to share my pictures with them. That was the spike in the coffin for me. I really enjoyed Spotify when it was new, but their clients has just been lowering in quality ever since beta. Honestly, I think the beta client was way better than the client today.
  - rplnt 11y ago
    > [...] their clients has just been lowering in quality ever since beta. > Honestly, I think the beta client was way better than the client today. As a response to a post only stating that you don't need to use their client? Seriously? Also, what has facebook to do with anything?

mnsc 11y ago

0.8.5.1356 still alive and kicking in this office...

00deadbeef 11y ago

I'm still using 0.9.7 on my Mac. I've deliberately broken its self-updating so I can keep it. If they ever do anything that stops this client from working they lose me as a customer. This is one of the last versions that have the old interface. The new all-black version is hideous and I hate using it. There's a massive thread on their forums full of people that hate it. I can't believe, with the amount of funding they have, that they can't spare the dev hours to build a few themes: light, dark, and somewhere in between.

nunez 11y ago

> Apple doesn't have a desktop option iTunes?

wodenokoto 11y ago

> Apple doesn't have a desktop version... What? iTunes isn't available on the desktop anymore? When did that happen? I used Apple Music on my laptop when it was released last summer.

joubert 11y ago

Apple Music is available in the iTunes desktop app (Mac, dunno about Windows).

mr337 11y ago

Just be happy your getting updates! http://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2016/03/spotify-linux-no-development http://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2016/03/spotify-linux-no-developm...