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I've never understood the Spotify love. I tried it long ago and didn't like it at all. Ended up on GPM until Google pushed me to YTM. Now on AM, and it works fi

I've never understood the Spotify love. I tried it long ago and didn't like it at all. Ended up on GPM until Google pushed me to YTM. Now on AM, and it works fine with how I listen to music. I wonder if it's just different ways that people listen to music that lead them to prefer one service over another?

weazl 4y ago
Way back many years ago Spotify used to be GREAT, the client was super efficient and easy to use did everything necessary, really. But then they started butchering it more and more and now it's almost completely unusable. I've been a paying customer since 2009 and I'm thinking of cancelling, I don't use it any more because it's just a mess.
- Reason077 4y ago
  Generally speaking, those old versions of Spotify still work fine. Just make sure to write-protect your Spotify app so it can't update itself.
Al-Khwarizmi 4y ago
> I've never understood the Spotify love. I started using it when it was launched or shortly after, before most of the alternatives (including Youtube Music) even existed. It was great ~10 years ago. I still use it because I'm invested into it: we have our premium family account, with all smart speakers configured to play songs using it, we have playlists, out of the music I like I know what's available and what's missing and I have acquired what's missing by other means (but switching to another service would mean different songs/artists would be missing, etc.) Compound that with lack of time (work, parenting, etc.) and while the Spotify UX has really gone downhill, it would have to get really, really bad for me to switch... Walled gardens are evil. But so convenient...
- mjrbrennan 4y ago
  I know what you mean here. I used to download and meticulously tag my music and listen on an iPod classic. Sure maybe Spotify might not be ideal, but I do not have the time to fiddle around with all that anymore, and especially don’t want to spend tons more time on the computer than I already do. I am the same as you too with the smart speakers and family account too. The alternative is so much more effort, for not a huge amount of benefit. That being said I have started collecting vinyl, which I do enjoy, but don’t often have the extra money laying around each month to buy more. One day I hope to have a nice dedicated setup for it :)

weazl 4y ago

Way back many years ago Spotify used to be GREAT, the client was super efficient and easy to use did everything necessary, really. But then they started butchering it more and more and now it's almost completely unusable. I've been a paying customer since 2009 and I'm thinking of cancelling, I don't use it any more because it's just a mess.

Reason077 4y ago
Generally speaking, those old versions of Spotify still work fine. Just make sure to write-protect your Spotify app so it can't update itself.

Al-Khwarizmi 4y ago

> I've never understood the Spotify love. I started using it when it was launched or shortly after, before most of the alternatives (including Youtube Music) even existed. It was great ~10 years ago. I still use it because I'm invested into it: we have our premium family account, with all smart speakers configured to play songs using it, we have playlists, out of the music I like I know what's available and what's missing and I have acquired what's missing by other means (but switching to another service would mean different songs/artists would be missing, etc.) Compound that with lack of time (work, parenting, etc.) and while the Spotify UX has really gone downhill, it would have to get really, really bad for me to switch... Walled gardens are evil. But so convenient...

mjrbrennan 4y ago
I know what you mean here. I used to download and meticulously tag my music and listen on an iPod classic. Sure maybe Spotify might not be ideal, but I do not have the time to fiddle around with all that anymore, and especially don’t want to spend tons more time on the computer than I already do. I am the same as you too with the smart speakers and family account too. The alternative is so much more effort, for not a huge amount of benefit. That being said I have started collecting vinyl, which I do enjoy, but don’t often have the extra money laying around each month to buy more. One day I hope to have a nice dedicated setup for it :)