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Do the spotify links not just open the song in some kind of web app if you dont have spotify installed? I always thought giving a straight link to the thing wa

Do the spotify links not just open the song in some kind of web app if you dont have spotify installed? I always thought giving a straight link to the thing was better for all. If they had Spotify it would open there and without ads if they had the subscription and if they had neither it would still open the web app and let them listen to it with ads and stuff.

Cthulhu_ 2y ago
Yeah, the generated preview (depending on what application the link is shared in) can play a 30 second sample, but if you want to listen to the whole song you need to have an account, and if you don't have a subscription you'll likely get an ad first. It's why I often share a youtube link instead, it plays inline a lot of the time and when it plays inline it often doesn't have ads. But that may also be because I have an effective ad blocker (for now).
fragmede 2y ago
That was true in the past but it's no longer true. I don't know when it changed.
- Semaphor 2y ago
  That’s absolutely still true. I just disabled Spotify app link handling, and then Spotify opens in Firefox on my phone. And on Desktop it works the same way. edit: misread parts of grandparent. Yeah, the 30s previews are gone, didn’t even realize anyone used those.
  - fragmede 2y ago
    When I open a Spotify link as a webpage, I can't play that song unless I have an account. At some point in the past you didn't have to.
    - jorvi 2y ago
      You always had to, in the past it gave a 30s preview. It still does that in Discord.
      - terinjokes 2y ago
        At least for me in the Netherlands, for the past month if I click a link to a specific song, I get redirected to a page to start a radio based on the artist and encouraged to upgrade to Premium. I've had to get friends to share the titles manually, before I found Odesli to be able to convert them.
        jorvi 2y ago
        Right, but before it just loaded the page of the album/playlist and told you to sign in to your account. It has never allowed you to play songs without a sign in.
WhyNotHugo 2y ago
> Do the spotify links not just open the song in some kind of web app if you dont have spotify installed? The page won't even load if you don't have the DRM plug-in installed. I don't think you can _listen_ to the song without an account anyway.

Cthulhu_ 2y ago

Yeah, the generated preview (depending on what application the link is shared in) can play a 30 second sample, but if you want to listen to the whole song you need to have an account, and if you don't have a subscription you'll likely get an ad first. It's why I often share a youtube link instead, it plays inline a lot of the time and when it plays inline it often doesn't have ads. But that may also be because I have an effective ad blocker (for now).

fragmede 2y ago

That was true in the past but it's no longer true. I don't know when it changed.

Semaphor 2y ago
That’s absolutely still true. I just disabled Spotify app link handling, and then Spotify opens in Firefox on my phone. And on Desktop it works the same way. edit: misread parts of grandparent. Yeah, the 30s previews are gone, didn’t even realize anyone used those.
- fragmede 2y ago
  When I open a Spotify link as a webpage, I can't play that song unless I have an account. At some point in the past you didn't have to.
  - jorvi 2y ago
    You always had to, in the past it gave a 30s preview. It still does that in Discord.
    - terinjokes 2y ago
      At least for me in the Netherlands, for the past month if I click a link to a specific song, I get redirected to a page to start a radio based on the artist and encouraged to upgrade to Premium. I've had to get friends to share the titles manually, before I found Odesli to be able to convert them.
      - jorvi 2y ago
        Right, but before it just loaded the page of the album/playlist and told you to sign in to your account. It has never allowed you to play songs without a sign in.

WhyNotHugo 2y ago

> Do the spotify links not just open the song in some kind of web app if you dont have spotify installed? The page won't even load if you don't have the DRM plug-in installed. I don't think you can _listen_ to the song without an account anyway.