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Yeah, I’m a paying spotify customer and I hate this. And I also hate that the spotify client seamlessly mixes podcasts with music in its recommendations. It’s l

Yeah, I’m a paying spotify customer and I hate this. And I also hate that the spotify client seamlessly mixes podcasts with music in its recommendations. It’s like a PM somewhere at spotify was offered a cash bonus based on how many podcast listens happen, and they decided that making the app trick people into playing podcasts was a profitable idea. It breaks trust, and makes the spotify app feel adversarial. Like I have to be vigilant when I play music in case I get tricked. In a paid product I don’t want that at all and if it isn’t resolved, I’ll probably cancel my subscription over it and move to Apple Music or something.

lostlogin 5y ago
You have described it well. The force feeding of podcasts is unwanted. No one ever went to Spotify to listen to a podcast before, so forcing them at us from the UI is shit. I also don’t go there for recipes, movies or TV, they are a different thing and belong somewhere else.
r3trohack3r 5y ago
I’ve been using Deezer for over a year now and have never looked back. Amazing audio quality, DRM free files, decent API, good app, amazing catalogue. Used its API to build https://audile.app https://audile.app which has completely changed my relationship with music.
lobocinza 5y ago
I went back to the good ol' TPB. I can count on one hand the artists that I really enjoy listening nowadays and there are better ways to support then.
- mackrevinack 5y ago
  ive come to the same conclusion lately; that i mostly listen to a handful of artists on repeat 80% of the time. i used to think that i couldnt afford to buy all the music i listen to, but looking at what i have paid spotify over the last 10 years i dont think that anymore. im slowly buying all my favourite stuff where i can and all probably cancel spotify soon and just put up with the annoying ads when i listen to discover weekly on a monday
trenchgun 5y ago
Yea same, I fucking hate it that the podcasts are taking the space where playlists and albums should be. Spotify is going to hell.
StringyBob 5y ago
I’m unhappy that Spotify distributes my subscription cash to artists I don’t listen too, I’m even less happy that a large proportion goes towards podcasters I don’t even want as part of the app, and am unable to even hide from the screen. Hey Spotify: since I haven’t found a good alternative to your service, if I can’t stop your monopoly giving my money to Joe Rogan, can I at least have a ‘hide podcasts’ option?
usehackernews 5y ago
I couldn’t agree more. I’m a massive music fan and podcast listener. Spotify had been my go to for music, but the combination of podcast and music has absolutely killed my experience. I love both, but when I’m listening to music, I don’t want to listen to podcasts and vice versa. They serve different purposes for me, all audio is not the same. I’ve recently switched to YouTube Music. I will occasionally use Spotify for podcasts.
- capedape 5y ago
  Yep. I've been listening to podcasts since Twitter was the podcast directory Odeo. Also, have been djing for much longer so mixing these worlds in Spotify's ever-changing UI is just a mess. I pay for Spotify premium, but now get ads what seems like every ten minutes in the "premium ad free experience" during his podcast. Often, skipping back 15 seconds to hear something again will trigger ads.

lostlogin 5y ago

You have described it well. The force feeding of podcasts is unwanted. No one ever went to Spotify to listen to a podcast before, so forcing them at us from the UI is shit. I also don’t go there for recipes, movies or TV, they are a different thing and belong somewhere else.

r3trohack3r 5y ago

I’ve been using Deezer for over a year now and have never looked back. Amazing audio quality, DRM free files, decent API, good app, amazing catalogue. Used its API to build https://audile.app https://audile.app which has completely changed my relationship with music.

lobocinza 5y ago

I went back to the good ol' TPB. I can count on one hand the artists that I really enjoy listening nowadays and there are better ways to support then.

mackrevinack 5y ago
ive come to the same conclusion lately; that i mostly listen to a handful of artists on repeat 80% of the time. i used to think that i couldnt afford to buy all the music i listen to, but looking at what i have paid spotify over the last 10 years i dont think that anymore. im slowly buying all my favourite stuff where i can and all probably cancel spotify soon and just put up with the annoying ads when i listen to discover weekly on a monday

trenchgun 5y ago

Yea same, I fucking hate it that the podcasts are taking the space where playlists and albums should be. Spotify is going to hell.

StringyBob 5y ago

I’m unhappy that Spotify distributes my subscription cash to artists I don’t listen too, I’m even less happy that a large proportion goes towards podcasters I don’t even want as part of the app, and am unable to even hide from the screen. Hey Spotify: since I haven’t found a good alternative to your service, if I can’t stop your monopoly giving my money to Joe Rogan, can I at least have a ‘hide podcasts’ option?

usehackernews 5y ago

I couldn’t agree more. I’m a massive music fan and podcast listener. Spotify had been my go to for music, but the combination of podcast and music has absolutely killed my experience. I love both, but when I’m listening to music, I don’t want to listen to podcasts and vice versa. They serve different purposes for me, all audio is not the same. I’ve recently switched to YouTube Music. I will occasionally use Spotify for podcasts.

capedape 5y ago
Yep. I've been listening to podcasts since Twitter was the podcast directory Odeo. Also, have been djing for much longer so mixing these worlds in Spotify's ever-changing UI is just a mess. I pay for Spotify premium, but now get ads what seems like every ten minutes in the "premium ad free experience" during his podcast. Often, skipping back 15 seconds to hear something again will trigger ads.