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Spotify used to be absolutely amazing, it really was!! It was my go to platform... Now it's just embarrassingly BAD and essentially unusable unless you're payin

Spotify used to be absolutely amazing, it really was!! It was my go to platform... Now it's just embarrassingly BAD and essentially unusable unless you're paying for it

arooaroo 4y ago
And it’s not exactly a UX paradise if one is a premium customer either. I really find the UI hard work on desktop and mobile. If and when Apple Music introduces a Duo equivalent tariff I will jump ship, for many reasons but a significant one is that I use Spotify exclusively for music yet it’s UI takes up a significant amount of premium space for podcasts. Apple had seen the light and spun off podcasts to a separate app from music.
texasbigdata 4y ago
I mean, if it's free anything above zero is good. Barely useable is still useable.
- raydiatian 4y ago
  Quick Google search says they net about $5/mo per free user on ads alone. I’d honest rather go back to buying the albums.
mszcz 4y ago
Yeah, and that whole Spotify HiFi fiasco? Announce and not deliver? I put off buying good headphones waiting for those assholes. Year end came, cancelled my subscription out of spite, went for Tidal and bought the headphones. As soon as Qubuz becomes available I'll try that.
probably_wrong 4y ago
Not even paying is enough. I pay for it with gift cards, and the UI for renewing my balance is really, really bad. And the last time my subscription lapsed it brought down the entire app with it. I had to uninstall everything and clear the cache. The only reason I still use it is because I need a music discovery service that takes gift cards and has an offline mode. But guess what? On my last flight there was some error on Spotify's servers and even my local songs in offline mode stopped working. I do my best to support Spotify seeing as it is one of the few tech platforms not controlled by the usual suspects. But they are making it really hard for me.

Spotify used to be absolutely amazing, it really was!! It was my go to platform... Now it's just embarrassingly BAD and essentially unusable unless you're paying for it

arooaroo 4y ago

And it’s not exactly a UX paradise if one is a premium customer either. I really find the UI hard work on desktop and mobile. If and when Apple Music introduces a Duo equivalent tariff I will jump ship, for many reasons but a significant one is that I use Spotify exclusively for music yet it’s UI takes up a significant amount of premium space for podcasts. Apple had seen the light and spun off podcasts to a separate app from music.

texasbigdata 4y ago

I mean, if it's free anything above zero is good. Barely useable is still useable.

raydiatian 4y ago
Quick Google search says they net about $5/mo per free user on ads alone. I’d honest rather go back to buying the albums.

mszcz 4y ago

Yeah, and that whole Spotify HiFi fiasco? Announce and not deliver? I put off buying good headphones waiting for those assholes. Year end came, cancelled my subscription out of spite, went for Tidal and bought the headphones. As soon as Qubuz becomes available I'll try that.

probably_wrong 4y ago

Not even paying is enough. I pay for it with gift cards, and the UI for renewing my balance is really, really bad. And the last time my subscription lapsed it brought down the entire app with it. I had to uninstall everything and clear the cache. The only reason I still use it is because I need a music discovery service that takes gift cards and has an offline mode. But guess what? On my last flight there was some error on Spotify's servers and even my local songs in offline mode stopped working. I do my best to support Spotify seeing as it is one of the few tech platforms not controlled by the usual suspects. But they are making it really hard for me.