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I have two big complaints about Spotify and they are both about the client. Like Om, I too have no interest in books or podcasts and wish I could permanently re

I have two big complaints about Spotify and they are both about the client. Like Om, I too have no interest in books or podcasts and wish I could permanently remove them from the UI or at least push them to the very bottom of the screen. My other UI complaint is that you can't completely silence their in-app notifications. I've turned off all (20+) notification categories and I still get notifications including some notifications about the notifications. My non-UI complaint is that they still don't work with Siri. I know it's because of some stupid spat they have with Apple but I don't think their strategy is very smart. If I leave Spotify it will be because of this. If I didn't have the family plan I would have already (my kids like Spotify).

princevegeta89 4y ago
I don't have much of a problem with Spotify with its navigation features but however they've been cramming way too much crap on the home page and frequently injecting random artists into my feed. I keep getting confused as to where my "Recently Played" items went. Sometimes they're in "Home" and sometimes they are in "Search". On top of this, they have committed a nastiness on Android 12 which keeps nagging you to turn on bluetooth to discover devices and it keeps coming back even after you said NO. Here's a support thread that's been open for months and they never cared about it. https://community.spotify.com/t5/Android/quot-Get-the-Best-Experience-on-Android-12-quot-Pop-Up/td-p/5362373 https://community.spotify.com/t5/Android/quot-Get-the-Best-E... I am now seriously considering quitting Spotify and moving to another service.
The5thElephant 4y ago
Spotify does work with Siri on iOS but does not work with Siri on Homepod/Homepod Mini. They complain in their Time to Play Fair website about Apple not giving them access to Homepod, but Apple provided them access over two years ago. Also since Homepod uses standard Siri support that Spotify already has in iOS, it's not like it would be significant engineering effort to get it to work, so this is purely Spotify trying to spite Apple. They don't even have AirPlay 2 support yet! Every other major music service supports AirPlay 2 and Homepod already for some time now.

princevegeta89 4y ago

I don't have much of a problem with Spotify with its navigation features but however they've been cramming way too much crap on the home page and frequently injecting random artists into my feed. I keep getting confused as to where my "Recently Played" items went. Sometimes they're in "Home" and sometimes they are in "Search". On top of this, they have committed a nastiness on Android 12 which keeps nagging you to turn on bluetooth to discover devices and it keeps coming back even after you said NO. Here's a support thread that's been open for months and they never cared about it. https://community.spotify.com/t5/Android/quot-Get-the-Best-Experience-on-Android-12-quot-Pop-Up/td-p/5362373 https://community.spotify.com/t5/Android/quot-Get-the-Best-E... I am now seriously considering quitting Spotify and moving to another service.

The5thElephant 4y ago

Spotify does work with Siri on iOS but does not work with Siri on Homepod/Homepod Mini. They complain in their Time to Play Fair website about Apple not giving them access to Homepod, but Apple provided them access over two years ago. Also since Homepod uses standard Siri support that Spotify already has in iOS, it's not like it would be significant engineering effort to get it to work, so this is purely Spotify trying to spite Apple. They don't even have AirPlay 2 support yet! Every other major music service supports AirPlay 2 and Homepod already for some time now.