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Podcasts and audio books make sense for Spotify to pursue, but it feels like they have been totally half-assing those things.

twisteriffic 3y ago
> totally half-assing those things. It's unreal. Tons of podcasts have the wrong feed address on Spotify and so aren't getting updated episodes. Their support doesn't care. No support for private feeds so you can't work around the issue. Horrible UX, constantly starts playing on its own as Bluetooth devices go in and out or range. Search is marginal at best.
- notyofriend 3y ago
  I have had zero problems with Apple Podcasts that just seem to work. Spotify is just kind of a mess. Apple Music still needs work but it’s ok for the price
  - twisteriffic 3y ago
    I actually really liked Google podcasts. It had a rough start but after a few years of polish the only complaint I have is there's no episode search capability within a series.
- mewpmewp2 3y ago
  Ah that explains why when I get a call during an online meeting, on the phone and I reject the call, Spotify immediately starts playing.
  - avery17 3y ago
    This is driving me up a fucking wall. Im so ready to be done with spotify...
    - twisteriffic 3y ago
      I contacted support about it, they didn't even respond. It's been like that for years. Another fun thing it does... If you're casting to another device like a Chromecast, then pause, as soon as you leave range of the wifi network the Chromecast was on it'll start playing on your phone even though it likely wasn't playing there in the first place. It was the daily leave for work ritual to back out of the driveway, wait for Spotify to start blasting, then pause it again. I can't believe that anyone who works on that app ever uses it. It's that bad.
    - mewpmewp2 3y ago
      Few times, it's made me have those weird panic moments when presenting a screen to a large group of people. Immediately mute myself, close the video and be like "sorry guys, something weird happened, I'll brb.'
chiefalchemist 3y ago
Pursue? Sure. But pay Harry & Meg what they did? That's going too big. And that wasn't the only over-bid, eh. But now that these things didn't pan out the CFO gets cut? Feels like Spotify should invest in a mirror.
tiew9Vii 3y ago
I left Spotify as a paying customer due to podcasts. The way they implemented podcasts wasn’t great. Previously Spotify was very good suggesting music that I liked. I’d go to the home screen and see lots of relevant suggested music and just click play. When podcasts came I found it harder to use Spotify for music as music felt like a second class citizen, more clicks to find and get to as the home screen was now podcast biased, heavily promoting podcasts on to users as they invested big in to podcasts. For me it would have been easier if they had two distinct tabs, music home and podcast home, treating them completely separate rather than trying to unify the views as one home screen. I switched to Apple Music. The music suggestions and playlists are not as good as Spotify but when I search in Apple Music I only get music back and I also get lossless audio.

twisteriffic 3y ago

> totally half-assing those things. It's unreal. Tons of podcasts have the wrong feed address on Spotify and so aren't getting updated episodes. Their support doesn't care. No support for private feeds so you can't work around the issue. Horrible UX, constantly starts playing on its own as Bluetooth devices go in and out or range. Search is marginal at best.

notyofriend 3y ago
I have had zero problems with Apple Podcasts that just seem to work. Spotify is just kind of a mess. Apple Music still needs work but it’s ok for the price
- twisteriffic 3y ago
  I actually really liked Google podcasts. It had a rough start but after a few years of polish the only complaint I have is there's no episode search capability within a series.
mewpmewp2 3y ago
Ah that explains why when I get a call during an online meeting, on the phone and I reject the call, Spotify immediately starts playing.
- avery17 3y ago
  This is driving me up a fucking wall. Im so ready to be done with spotify...
  - twisteriffic 3y ago
    I contacted support about it, they didn't even respond. It's been like that for years. Another fun thing it does... If you're casting to another device like a Chromecast, then pause, as soon as you leave range of the wifi network the Chromecast was on it'll start playing on your phone even though it likely wasn't playing there in the first place. It was the daily leave for work ritual to back out of the driveway, wait for Spotify to start blasting, then pause it again. I can't believe that anyone who works on that app ever uses it. It's that bad.
  - mewpmewp2 3y ago
    Few times, it's made me have those weird panic moments when presenting a screen to a large group of people. Immediately mute myself, close the video and be like "sorry guys, something weird happened, I'll brb.'

chiefalchemist 3y ago

Pursue? Sure. But pay Harry & Meg what they did? That's going too big. And that wasn't the only over-bid, eh. But now that these things didn't pan out the CFO gets cut? Feels like Spotify should invest in a mirror.

tiew9Vii 3y ago

I left Spotify as a paying customer due to podcasts. The way they implemented podcasts wasn’t great. Previously Spotify was very good suggesting music that I liked. I’d go to the home screen and see lots of relevant suggested music and just click play. When podcasts came I found it harder to use Spotify for music as music felt like a second class citizen, more clicks to find and get to as the home screen was now podcast biased, heavily promoting podcasts on to users as they invested big in to podcasts. For me it would have been easier if they had two distinct tabs, music home and podcast home, treating them completely separate rather than trying to unify the views as one home screen. I switched to Apple Music. The music suggestions and playlists are not as good as Spotify but when I search in Apple Music I only get music back and I also get lossless audio.