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I was happily on Spotify for years and then we had kids. With no explicit filtering and repeated requests from many users (look up forums) to filter falling on

I was happily on Spotify for years and then we had kids. With no explicit filtering and repeated requests from many users (look up forums) to filter falling on deaf ears I had no choice but to move to iTunes. I just can’t have explicit language and lyrics blaring around the house with toddlers. It makes me sad because I loved the UX and selection in Spotify, as well as controlling playback from any device. Why Apple won’t allow you to control playback from anywhere is beyond me.

kingosticks 8y ago
Spotify (now?) supports this: https://support.spotify.com/us/using_spotify/system_settings/content-censor/ https://support.spotify.com/us/using_spotify/system_settings...
- mjsweet 8y ago
  Wow this is great news! I may consider going back... will have to trial it for a month. Thanks for sharing!
- mjsweet 8y ago
  Here is a good overview: https://techaeris.com/2018/04/06/spotifiy-explicit-content-filter-testing-ios https://techaeris.com/2018/04/06/spotifiy-explicit-content-f...
lostmyoldone 8y ago
This is an honest question. I'm from Sweden, have kids, but I have such a hard time understanding the issue with explicit language filters in this context. Why are the filters so important? What is the 'use case'? I'm also not surprised it's hard to get a Swedish founded company to introduce explicit filters. At least to me and my peers, the explicit words thing - beeps and all - is one of the most mystifying parts of US culture, especially since the same words also are so prominent in a lot of popular culture. So whatever culture you're from, getting a "Swedish" company to understand, and implement explicit filters is going to be an uphill battle because of this. Locally, they would probably also be considered old and stodgy if they did it, not unlikely it cost them quite a few of the younger users.
- nindalf 8y ago
  I was with you until the last bit. I'm a young(ish) Spotify user and it wouldn't make a difference to me whether they implemented this or not. If someone people want a filter, let them use it. Doesn't affect me.
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- bduerst 8y ago
  A good reverse analogy here would be TV advertisements targeted at children. In the US, nobody really thinks twice about toy commercials run during cartoons, but in Sweden, these have been made illegal. I'm not advocating for or against either, just pointing out that it is usually significant to the culture for some historical reason or another. As long as it's not causing harm, it's usually up to the service provider to decide to or ensure if they are going to cater to the cultural norms of that market.
Disgone 8y ago
I have a similar grief with how they include videos in their curated playlists with no way to disable them. I find the videos distracting and happen to work in a location that has just enough reception that music streams fine, but the videos hiccup and stutter or fail to play completely. Failing would be great, but it essentially stops the playlist until I go in and skip the video manually. It's maddening and there's no plans to enable this feature: https://community.spotify.com/t5/Live-Ideas/Music-Option-to-disable-Videos-in-curated-Playlists/idi-p/1620225/page/60#comments https://community.spotify.com/t5/Live-Ideas/Music-Option-to-... I'm not an Apple guy, so my built in bias means I haven't used Apple Music, but maybe I should give it a chance.
fivefive55 8y ago
Uh, Spotify absolutely has a setting to turn off explicit content, at least on Android. Pretty sure it's relatively recent, but it absolutely exists.

kingosticks 8y ago

Spotify (now?) supports this: https://support.spotify.com/us/using_spotify/system_settings/content-censor/ https://support.spotify.com/us/using_spotify/system_settings...

mjsweet 8y ago
Wow this is great news! I may consider going back... will have to trial it for a month. Thanks for sharing!
mjsweet 8y ago
Here is a good overview: https://techaeris.com/2018/04/06/spotifiy-explicit-content-filter-testing-ios https://techaeris.com/2018/04/06/spotifiy-explicit-content-f...

lostmyoldone 8y ago

This is an honest question. I'm from Sweden, have kids, but I have such a hard time understanding the issue with explicit language filters in this context. Why are the filters so important? What is the 'use case'? I'm also not surprised it's hard to get a Swedish founded company to introduce explicit filters. At least to me and my peers, the explicit words thing - beeps and all - is one of the most mystifying parts of US culture, especially since the same words also are so prominent in a lot of popular culture. So whatever culture you're from, getting a "Swedish" company to understand, and implement explicit filters is going to be an uphill battle because of this. Locally, they would probably also be considered old and stodgy if they did it, not unlikely it cost them quite a few of the younger users.

nindalf 8y ago
I was with you until the last bit. I'm a young(ish) Spotify user and it wouldn't make a difference to me whether they implemented this or not. If someone people want a filter, let them use it. Doesn't affect me.
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bduerst 8y ago
A good reverse analogy here would be TV advertisements targeted at children. In the US, nobody really thinks twice about toy commercials run during cartoons, but in Sweden, these have been made illegal. I'm not advocating for or against either, just pointing out that it is usually significant to the culture for some historical reason or another. As long as it's not causing harm, it's usually up to the service provider to decide to or ensure if they are going to cater to the cultural norms of that market.

Disgone 8y ago

I have a similar grief with how they include videos in their curated playlists with no way to disable them. I find the videos distracting and happen to work in a location that has just enough reception that music streams fine, but the videos hiccup and stutter or fail to play completely. Failing would be great, but it essentially stops the playlist until I go in and skip the video manually. It's maddening and there's no plans to enable this feature: https://community.spotify.com/t5/Live-Ideas/Music-Option-to-disable-Videos-in-curated-Playlists/idi-p/1620225/page/60#comments https://community.spotify.com/t5/Live-Ideas/Music-Option-to-... I'm not an Apple guy, so my built in bias means I haven't used Apple Music, but maybe I should give it a chance.

fivefive55 8y ago

Uh, Spotify absolutely has a setting to turn off explicit content, at least on Android. Pretty sure it's relatively recent, but it absolutely exists.