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Yes, as far as I concerned Spotify was basically perfect in like 2012, and most all of the features added (and _REMOVED_) since then have made the app experienc

Yes, as far as I concerned Spotify was basically perfect in like 2012, and most all of the features added (and _REMOVED_) since then have made the app experience worse. I want to listen to music. That's it. Anything that gets in the way of me doing this is a net bad afaic. I'm still particularly offended by their near deprecation of support for local files. When I first got into Spotify the seamless integration with my local music library was a huge selling point. At some point, the app tried to help me by "linking" my meticulously organized concert playlists with studio versions of the songs... I have not been inspired to give that feature more time since. I feel like I get closer to just getting an mp3 player again every day.

corobo 4y ago
Silly as it is I really miss song previews. Used to be if you long pressed a song (iOS anyway) it would jump in a little and play for as long as you held it, going back to the music you were listening to when you let go. Great for checking you've found the song you were thinking of and impromptu remixes to make friends laugh. Annoyingly it was removed for "low engagement rate"[0]. I mean yeah, I found it by accident lmao. Maybe tell people about it? [0] https://community.spotify.com/t5/iOS-iPhone-iPad/Touch-Preview-on-iOS-removal/m-p/1857905 https://community.spotify.com/t5/iOS-iPhone-iPad/Touch-Previ...
- Aachen 4y ago
  I never knew they had it, but now that you mention it... I miss it also. When you just want to get an impression of the song without listening to the whole thing front to back, yeah very often I'd make use of this.
kbenson 4y ago
Honestly, I think the perfect music app that never existed is Pandora with the ability to play specific songs. I always found Pandora to a have a much better recommendation system and was actually happier and didn't play specific songs, just stations. The only thing that made me switch was the Spotify family plan and multiple children asking for it. I've been unhappy with it for years, but can't bring myself to pay for two separate music subscription services, and also can't bring myself to listen to adds.

corobo 4y ago

Silly as it is I really miss song previews. Used to be if you long pressed a song (iOS anyway) it would jump in a little and play for as long as you held it, going back to the music you were listening to when you let go. Great for checking you've found the song you were thinking of and impromptu remixes to make friends laugh. Annoyingly it was removed for "low engagement rate"[0]. I mean yeah, I found it by accident lmao. Maybe tell people about it? [0] https://community.spotify.com/t5/iOS-iPhone-iPad/Touch-Preview-on-iOS-removal/m-p/1857905 https://community.spotify.com/t5/iOS-iPhone-iPad/Touch-Previ...

Aachen 4y ago
I never knew they had it, but now that you mention it... I miss it also. When you just want to get an impression of the song without listening to the whole thing front to back, yeah very often I'd make use of this.

kbenson 4y ago

Honestly, I think the perfect music app that never existed is Pandora with the ability to play specific songs. I always found Pandora to a have a much better recommendation system and was actually happier and didn't play specific songs, just stations. The only thing that made me switch was the Spotify family plan and multiple children asking for it. I've been unhappy with it for years, but can't bring myself to pay for two separate music subscription services, and also can't bring myself to listen to adds.