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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"

by 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
Between windows and android I literally have had no issues using the mobile and the desktop apps.
criley2 11y ago
* I use PC, which runs it flawlessly. * I pay for my streaming music which has no ads so I don't get a freebie AND complain about advertisements (really man...?)
- mbrock 11y ago
  Nice that it works well on PC for you! Yeah, I'm a paying Spotify customer and have been for years. You misunderstand which ads I'm talking about.
  - criley2 11y ago
    I guess I do misunderstand which ads I'm talking about since I have an ad-free experience.
    - mbrock 11y ago
      I mean this stuff: http://i.imgur.com/qb36KVA.png http://i.imgur.com/qb36KVA.png
      - criley2 11y ago
        That is called "Content". Hilariously, this exact website could not stop fawning over Apple Music's nearly identical curated, editor-created or automatically generated content. Personally, I love the Spotify curated content. I listen to my Discover Weekly every single Monday and very often choose one of their regularly changing playlists when I'm not listening to my own lists.
        mbrock 11y ago
        I don't claim to represent this website and I didn't fawn for a second over Apple Music...
        criley2 11y ago
        If we're playing the "who claimed what game" then I didn't claim you represented this website nor did I claim you fawned over Apple Music. I was providing what I found to be humorous context regarding the content you derided as advertisement (I'm a bit surprised that curated channels of music are ads to you, do you think that television "Channels" are advertisements for television content too ??)
robwilliams 11y ago
>plus the horrifying visual ads (for playlists and new albums) make Spotify a product I kind of love to hate You mean in Browse, where you go to discover new music? Is there a streaming service that doesn't have a Browse section with recommended playlists/albums/etc? It's not like they're advertising Dove soap or Coca Cola, they're showing you new music.
- mbrock 11y ago
  I'm not saying Spotify is a morally bad company for showing these things. It's just my personal taste that creates my own idiosyncratic revulsion... mostly with the advertised playlists. "No need to stress out. Stay relaxed with these easy, upbeat songs." "Soul. It's about feeling. It's about authenticity." "Coffee table jazz. Relax to the sound of jazz." "Chill hits. New and hot hits for your chill moments." I'm just saying, like, my preferred Emacs-based music player (Bongo) never shows this kind of inane, awful, soul-crushing babble.

by mbrock 11y ago

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

Between windows and android I literally have had no issues using the mobile and the desktop apps.

criley2 11y ago

* I use PC, which runs it flawlessly. * I pay for my streaming music which has no ads so I don't get a freebie AND complain about advertisements (really man...?)

mbrock 11y ago
Nice that it works well on PC for you! Yeah, I'm a paying Spotify customer and have been for years. You misunderstand which ads I'm talking about.
- criley2 11y ago
  I guess I do misunderstand which ads I'm talking about since I have an ad-free experience.
  - mbrock 11y ago
    I mean this stuff: http://i.imgur.com/qb36KVA.png http://i.imgur.com/qb36KVA.png
    - criley2 11y ago
      That is called "Content". Hilariously, this exact website could not stop fawning over Apple Music's nearly identical curated, editor-created or automatically generated content. Personally, I love the Spotify curated content. I listen to my Discover Weekly every single Monday and very often choose one of their regularly changing playlists when I'm not listening to my own lists.
      - mbrock 11y ago
        I don't claim to represent this website and I didn't fawn for a second over Apple Music...
        criley2 11y ago
        If we're playing the "who claimed what game" then I didn't claim you represented this website nor did I claim you fawned over Apple Music. I was providing what I found to be humorous context regarding the content you derided as advertisement (I'm a bit surprised that curated channels of music are ads to you, do you think that television "Channels" are advertisements for television content too ??)

robwilliams 11y ago

>plus the horrifying visual ads (for playlists and new albums) make Spotify a product I kind of love to hate You mean in Browse, where you go to discover new music? Is there a streaming service that doesn't have a Browse section with recommended playlists/albums/etc? It's not like they're advertising Dove soap or Coca Cola, they're showing you new music.

mbrock 11y ago
I'm not saying Spotify is a morally bad company for showing these things. It's just my personal taste that creates my own idiosyncratic revulsion... mostly with the advertised playlists. "No need to stress out. Stay relaxed with these easy, upbeat songs." "Soul. It's about feeling. It's about authenticity." "Coffee table jazz. Relax to the sound of jazz." "Chill hits. New and hot hits for your chill moments." I'm just saying, like, my preferred Emacs-based music player (Bongo) never shows this kind of inane, awful, soul-crushing babble.