A Note about Spotify Transfers

Post by sokoloff » Mon, Oct 12, 2020, 12:57 AM UTC

tpmx wrote: post #17

actuator wrote: post #15

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Yeah, data portability is hard to define as a strict standard as it is extremely product specific. Even when we implemented it for my last company, we did JSON exports on signed S3 paths. I thought structured data was the easiest way for any competitor or user to use their data.

I feel they could have included a clause that would let a designated third party access the extracted data on the requester's behalf in an automated way. I think it could have worked pretty well to keep it as vague as that. (The auth aspects would need more detail, obviously.) I don't think data format fragmentation is a big issue (just implement adapters for the top five competitors in your market...), but rather th…

Post by cafed00d » Mon, Oct 12, 2020, 1:03 AM UTC

actuator wrote: post #8

cafed00d wrote: post #2

Unsurprising, for core business reasons, for sure. But, it is still customer-unfriendly behavior from Spotify. And probably anti-competitive too. Boy, as one of the very few people who switched over from Spotify to Apple Music, I’m hoping that the Spotify vs. Apple lawsuit turns on Spotify’s head over this

I still wish Spotify wins the Apple lawsuit but Spotify needs to change their stance here. They curate some really good playlists, so they can restrict them but they should allow user created playlists to be exported.

Post by wyclif » Mon, Oct 12, 2020, 1:09 AM UTC

siquick wrote: post #124

ghego1 wrote: post #95

I use Tidal and I'm very satisfied, the catalog is huge, and the playlist are really well curated, plus their music suggestions are always spot on. I would suggest anyone using Spotify to switch. On the plus side, Tidal also pays musicians a four times what Spotify does (last time I checked, I can't find the link), which I think is in itself a good reason to prefer it.

I also switched to Tidal after 12 years as a Spotify user. The sound quality is far superior and I much prefer the UI of both the mobile and desktop apps. The only reason I still have the Spotify app installed is to share links to friends as most are still using Spotify.

Post by avg_dev » Mon, Oct 12, 2020, 1:10 AM UTC

sbarre wrote: post #51

tpmx wrote: post #44

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Btw, I wish Spotify would expand further on Discover Weekly/Release Radar: - a builtin weekly personal archive of DW/RR - a "get me more more interesting music in this style based on other peoples recommendations" button etc.

It's not exactly what you're asking for, but a few years ago I started creating a new playlist at the start of each month, naming it " ", and I add any songs I'm enjoying that month.. Most of them come from Discover Weekly or Release Radar, but sometimes for other sources. It's an easy and interesting way to go back in time and see what I was listening to etc.. I have a "house rule" where I never remove any songs fro…

Post by LeoPanthera » Mon, Oct 12, 2020, 2:00 AM UTC

ghego1 wrote: post #95

I use Tidal and I'm very satisfied, the catalog is huge, and the playlist are really well curated, plus their music suggestions are always spot on. I would suggest anyone using Spotify to switch. On the plus side, Tidal also pays musicians a four times what Spotify does (last time I checked, I can't find the link), which I think is in itself a good reason to prefer it.