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This seems like a surprisingly dumb move. Making a virtual Ipod Shuffle will only serve to annoy users. Which on the other hand is their business model, but I t

by spurgu 13y ago

This seems like a surprisingly dumb move. Making a virtual Ipod Shuffle will only serve to annoy users. Which on the other hand is their business model, but I think users will rather uninstall than upgrade to premium because of this.

deathcakes 13y ago
Agreed - I say this as a premium subscriber and have vast experience of the awfulness that is their paid for app, be it on android or ios.
- gizzlon 13y ago
  Really? I'm quite happy with it.. I've been a subscriber for years, definitely worth the $10 if you listen to a lot of music. For me it's more like $14, but everything is more expensive in Scandinavia :(
  - cheshire137 13y ago
    I switched from Spotify to Rdio specifically because of the crappiness of the iOS Spotify app. This was in the past couple of months, too. I wrote about it, if you want more details: http://www.3till7.net/2013/10/07/why-i-switched-from-spotify-to-rdio/ http://www.3till7.net/2013/10/07/why-i-switched-from-spotify...
- nodata 13y ago
  The vast awfulness of their app? Are you using the current version? I think it's pretty good! What don't you like about it?
  - deathcakes 13y ago
    For one you can't sort playlists. At all. So I have a shared playlist with a few friends, and since its being going for a while, if I want to listen to the new stuff on it I have to spend a good minute scrolling down - not optimal. Adding stuff to playlists is annoying, could do with a bit of help. The search on the ipad app is a mess; I appreciate the thinking behind being able to follow your search history and go back a bit, but if I hit the search button I want to search for a song, not search through my history! Generally just little niggles, I can't complain about the overall service.
tonylemesmer 13y ago
There is a mismatch between the 2 Spotify experiences (desktop free vs. mobile free) which is not obvious until you try it out. That's the annoying bit.
- jasonbarone 13y ago
  My guess is that will get better pretty soon. There was a massive mismatch between Spotify desktop and mobile paid for the longest time, but with every new update it gets better.
res0nat0r 13y ago
Why would you uninstall so you can listen to your music in order vs. unsubscribe? I upgraded long ago to get rid of the annoying ads. I don't know if the mobile service has just the shuffle portion, or shuffle plus ads, but that would make me upgrade even quicker if that is the case. I used Spotify all the time at work, and premium is a big part so I can listen to it via my iPhone in my car also.
- reustle 13y ago
  The problem with this "shuffle" order is it tends to be the same songs over and over. The songs they get a bigger cut for are played more frequently. Same happens on Rdio stations and Pandora most likely.

by spurgu 13y ago

deathcakes 13y ago

Agreed - I say this as a premium subscriber and have vast experience of the awfulness that is their paid for app, be it on android or ios.

gizzlon 13y ago
Really? I'm quite happy with it.. I've been a subscriber for years, definitely worth the $10 if you listen to a lot of music. For me it's more like $14, but everything is more expensive in Scandinavia :(
- cheshire137 13y ago
  I switched from Spotify to Rdio specifically because of the crappiness of the iOS Spotify app. This was in the past couple of months, too. I wrote about it, if you want more details: http://www.3till7.net/2013/10/07/why-i-switched-from-spotify-to-rdio/ http://www.3till7.net/2013/10/07/why-i-switched-from-spotify...
nodata 13y ago
The vast awfulness of their app? Are you using the current version? I think it's pretty good! What don't you like about it?
- deathcakes 13y ago
  For one you can't sort playlists. At all. So I have a shared playlist with a few friends, and since its being going for a while, if I want to listen to the new stuff on it I have to spend a good minute scrolling down - not optimal. Adding stuff to playlists is annoying, could do with a bit of help. The search on the ipad app is a mess; I appreciate the thinking behind being able to follow your search history and go back a bit, but if I hit the search button I want to search for a song, not search through my history! Generally just little niggles, I can't complain about the overall service.

tonylemesmer 13y ago

There is a mismatch between the 2 Spotify experiences (desktop free vs. mobile free) which is not obvious until you try it out. That's the annoying bit.

jasonbarone 13y ago
My guess is that will get better pretty soon. There was a massive mismatch between Spotify desktop and mobile paid for the longest time, but with every new update it gets better.

res0nat0r 13y ago

Why would you uninstall so you can listen to your music in order vs. unsubscribe? I upgraded long ago to get rid of the annoying ads. I don't know if the mobile service has just the shuffle portion, or shuffle plus ads, but that would make me upgrade even quicker if that is the case. I used Spotify all the time at work, and premium is a big part so I can listen to it via my iPhone in my car also.

reustle 13y ago
The problem with this "shuffle" order is it tends to be the same songs over and over. The songs they get a bigger cut for are played more frequently. Same happens on Rdio stations and Pandora most likely.