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Spotify reportedly makes users' private playlists public

51 points by petee 3y ago

JuanPosadas 3y ago
Anyone know of a good music app for Android that is a well-cached front-end for a self hosted music collection?
- ttt3ts 3y ago
  I wouldn't say it is awesome or anything but plex does everything you mentioned. Supports downloading to phone too which is nice while traveling. I have used it for years since google play went away.
sneed_chucker 3y ago
Can anything escape the enshitification?
kioshix 3y ago
Wow, just checked my Spotify, and all my playlists have been made public despite being created as private!
CountGeek 3y ago
I cannot see a way to make a private playlist, private...
- wirelessguy 3y ago
  On desktop it's near the download button. Click the 3 dots and it should have a option in the menu to make your playlist private or public.
- nubinetwork 3y ago
  Spotify has been making their desktop client inferior to the android app for a while... that said I just checked mine and the toggle is still there on android. (No idea about ios)
rPlayer6554 3y ago
It seems like some of my private playlists were made public, but some are not.
chrisandchris 3y ago
If my car wouldn't be Android based, I would have switched to Apple music some time ago. But the seamless integration is worth something to me ATM. Spitify recently did a lot of things that make it really hard for me to like their product. One being their webplayer suddenly not loading anymore in Safari but still working in Firefox/Chrome. Had to seitch to their webplayer because their desktop client failed to play sound most of the time when coming from hibernate.
- rcme 3y ago
  Can you not use CarPlay?
  - chrisandchris 3y ago
    Maybe it's just be, but I don't think having to take your phone out of your pocket and connecting it through a cable as confenient as something "that just works". IMHO the required connecting cable is the biggest downside of Apple CarPlay.
    - fy20 3y ago
      If you have a modern OS (I had to upgrade to Android 13) and a modern headunit, both Android Auto and Apple CarPlay work wireless.
      - chrisandchris 3y ago
        Apparently Volvo does not [1]. [1] https://www.reddit.com/r/Volvo/comments/o92sr1/does_volvo_not_offer_wireless_apple_carplay/ https://www.reddit.com/r/Volvo/comments/o92sr1/does_volvo_no...
    - rcme 3y ago
      Modern versions of CarPlay support a wireless mode.
wirelessguy 3y ago
There's a comment in the article laughing that a playlist could out you as LGBTQ. In some cases it could. The name of the playlist or a playlist that only contains LGBTQ artists or songs could out you. Most of my music wouldn't indicate my gender identity or sexuality but a playlist of selected songs from those same artists might.
- iinnPP 3y ago
  The type of music a person listen to has no definitive relation to gender identity/sexuality.
  - notaurus 3y ago
    Being part of specific cultures and communities definitely does though
  - petee 3y ago
    True, but at a workplace, or in certain family types it can easily start rumors; a lot of people have strong feelings about music, and who listens to what or why
  - consumer451 3y ago
    That’s a rational argument. Not everyone is rational.

51 points by petee 3y ago

JuanPosadas 3y ago

Anyone know of a good music app for Android that is a well-cached front-end for a self hosted music collection?

ttt3ts 3y ago
I wouldn't say it is awesome or anything but plex does everything you mentioned. Supports downloading to phone too which is nice while traveling. I have used it for years since google play went away.

sneed_chucker 3y ago

Can anything escape the enshitification?

kioshix 3y ago

Wow, just checked my Spotify, and all my playlists have been made public despite being created as private!

CountGeek 3y ago

I cannot see a way to make a private playlist, private...

wirelessguy 3y ago
On desktop it's near the download button. Click the 3 dots and it should have a option in the menu to make your playlist private or public.
nubinetwork 3y ago
Spotify has been making their desktop client inferior to the android app for a while... that said I just checked mine and the toggle is still there on android. (No idea about ios)

rPlayer6554 3y ago

It seems like some of my private playlists were made public, but some are not.

chrisandchris 3y ago

If my car wouldn't be Android based, I would have switched to Apple music some time ago. But the seamless integration is worth something to me ATM. Spitify recently did a lot of things that make it really hard for me to like their product. One being their webplayer suddenly not loading anymore in Safari but still working in Firefox/Chrome. Had to seitch to their webplayer because their desktop client failed to play sound most of the time when coming from hibernate.

rcme 3y ago
Can you not use CarPlay?
- chrisandchris 3y ago
  Maybe it's just be, but I don't think having to take your phone out of your pocket and connecting it through a cable as confenient as something "that just works". IMHO the required connecting cable is the biggest downside of Apple CarPlay.
  - fy20 3y ago
    If you have a modern OS (I had to upgrade to Android 13) and a modern headunit, both Android Auto and Apple CarPlay work wireless.
    - chrisandchris 3y ago
      Apparently Volvo does not [1]. [1] https://www.reddit.com/r/Volvo/comments/o92sr1/does_volvo_not_offer_wireless_apple_carplay/ https://www.reddit.com/r/Volvo/comments/o92sr1/does_volvo_no...
  - rcme 3y ago
    Modern versions of CarPlay support a wireless mode.

wirelessguy 3y ago

There's a comment in the article laughing that a playlist could out you as LGBTQ. In some cases it could. The name of the playlist or a playlist that only contains LGBTQ artists or songs could out you. Most of my music wouldn't indicate my gender identity or sexuality but a playlist of selected songs from those same artists might.

iinnPP 3y ago
The type of music a person listen to has no definitive relation to gender identity/sexuality.
- notaurus 3y ago
  Being part of specific cultures and communities definitely does though
- petee 3y ago
  True, but at a workplace, or in certain family types it can easily start rumors; a lot of people have strong feelings about music, and who listens to what or why
- consumer451 3y ago
  That’s a rational argument. Not everyone is rational.