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I think the argument is that they already have spotify downloaded and are probably already using it. So why NOT use it? Why bother with a dedicated app? Spotif

I think the argument is that they already have spotify downloaded and are probably already using it. So why NOT use it? Why bother with a dedicated app? Spotify is also probably more feature-filled than the average crap app thrown on the appstore for quick money as a whitenoise maker. For example the ability to download or send to speakers (like Sonos, Alexa, for example). Plus Spotify has greater selection of noises (yes there are MANY different types of white noise). Plus you can easily switch to your other podcasts and songs when you want. I for one am an avid whitenoise listener on spotify throughout the day. I will listen to one type of whitenoise in the morning, then listen to a podcast episode, switch to a different type of white noise for a while, then some ambient noises, maybe some actual music around lunchtime, some more soft whitenoise after lunch to focus, another podcast at the end of the day. Doing it all in Spotify has value. Could I switch apps if I had to...? Sure. But a fully-featured music app is a natural place for long tracks of audio, so it makes sense to have it all together.

johnnyanmac 3y ago
>So why NOT use it? Why bother with a dedicated app? same reason as any other enshittified website as of late: you lose control and at some point they will make it painful for you to use stuff you like, because your convinence is not necessarily profitable. If you are fine paying them $15 a month or ads (and yeah, that's the sticking point here: ads in the middle of your white noise seems to defeat the purpose f white noise) or whatever for those vast variety of white noise and the loss of control, I guess it's a successful business transaction. But I say this as a fogey that still prefers to have MP3's on my phone, so I don't know what the modern users want. > Could I switch apps if I had to...? Sure. glad you could. I dont get that sense from many users in other big apps, sadly. That's why they can scheme like this; they know angry fogey's like me are the minority and quickly replaced.

johnnyanmac 3y ago

>So why NOT use it? Why bother with a dedicated app? same reason as any other enshittified website as of late: you lose control and at some point they will make it painful for you to use stuff you like, because your convinence is not necessarily profitable. If you are fine paying them $15 a month or ads (and yeah, that's the sticking point here: ads in the middle of your white noise seems to defeat the purpose f white noise) or whatever for those vast variety of white noise and the loss of control, I guess it's a successful business transaction. But I say this as a fogey that still prefers to have MP3's on my phone, so I don't know what the modern users want. > Could I switch apps if I had to...? Sure. glad you could. I dont get that sense from many users in other big apps, sadly. That's why they can scheme like this; they know angry fogey's like me are the minority and quickly replaced.