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Spotify has a lot of front ends to manage, I think more than 20 would be required. Mobile (iOS, Android), web, vehicle native integrations (Tesla, Volvo, VW, B
by spacebanana7 3y ago
Spotify has a lot of front ends to manage, I think more than 20 would be required.
Mobile (iOS, Android), web, vehicle native integrations (Tesla, Volvo, VW, BMW, Audi, Ford), gaming (Xbox, Switch, PS4, PS5), desktop (Mac, Windows, Linux, Chromebook) and voice assistants (Alexa, Google).
Maintaining that variety of front ends must be very labour intensive.
- pdimitar 3y agoHm, solid point, thank you.
- ViewTrick1002 3y agoLet us not forget: TVs, Wifi connected speakers, home theater systems, Chromecast etc.
- creshal 3y agoSpotify uses Chromium embedded for their desktop clients and webviews for their mobile clients, so that's largely one codebase for 6+ clients. A lot of the external frontends are also not made by spotify themselves, but implemented by the manufacturer through Spotify's SDK. You still want a bunch of dedicated staff to support all that, but it's not as dramatic as it could be.