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The day I canceled my Spotify subscription

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Re: The day I canceled my Spotify subscription

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Post by throwaway220033 »

RedShift1 wrote: post #7
throwaway220033 wrote: post #3

I can't stand Spotify's redesign anymore. Looking for an improved Winamp-like app with very simple interface and playlists. What should I try? Apple Music is a joke as well. I can't even play some of my custom audio files (they're not music, custom sounds) because Apple thinks they are not allowed to play in my country. I can't play my own audio files because of some buggy software Apple doesn't care about maintainin…

Winamp still works.

The new Winamp has nothing to do with the spirit of the Winamp we loved and used.

Re: The day I canceled my Spotify subscription

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Post by colund »

I feel the same way about Spotify. It reminds me of Netflix in that it's hard for me to find interesting content to consume. I wish there was a way to become a power user, enabling me to better organize my audio library and delve deeper into their extensive collection to uncover new, intriguing music.

Moreover, the fact that artists seem to be paid so little makes me increasingly inclined to consider leaving their service for something else, like Tidal, or simply using YouTube Music.

By the way, if anyone is working on a Spotify killer, feel free to reach out. It would be fun to help out.

Re: The day I canceled my Spotify subscription

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Post by LelouBil »

6581 wrote: post #10

> It keeps pushing playlists that feel generic, bland, more based on demographics than my years of consistent listening history. I don't really agree with this point. The personal playlists (both Discover Weekly and the Daily Mix ones) are very close to what I usually listen to and have made me discover dozens of artists I didn't know before. Maybe they work better for some than for others, but they don't feel like b…

Same, even if music is available freely through YouTube or else, Spotify's recommendations are the reason I am still subscribed

Re: The day I canceled my Spotify subscription

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Post by neuronic »

I dread the interface of Spotify. What do they employ massive numbers of UX people for? Nothing regarding Spotify's interface is any better than 2012. Cards, auto-play TikTok'ified video bullshit, weird navigation of menus and playlists, hidden core functionalities, lack of customization, funneling of user flows into garbage marketing content...

It's like they are sitting in a lab and professionally try to find out how to annoy people and make their lives harder.

In the end, I understand that they need to bullshit their way out of shareholder expectations but it's sad to see the enshitification of Spotify over the years. Let's see how long it takes them to nuke account sharing like Netflix and now Disney.

Re: The day I canceled my Spotify subscription

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Post by threeseed »

platelminto wrote: post #6

I'm also not a fan of the direction Spotify is going, but if I want to keep listening to music, I don't see a way around it - and I don't think other music services are materially different. I support the artists I care about most by going to their concerts and/or buying merch. I use services like last.fm for better discovery. Spotify doesn't have to be the only way you interact with music. The author doesn't say how…

> I don't think other music services are materially different

They very much do if you care about audio quality.

Spotify still doesn't support high-res audio e.g. CD quality and above.

Re: The day I canceled my Spotify subscription

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Post by jamesear »

The post notes that Spotify pays $0.003-$0.005 per stream, and compares that to the average exec making $200k/year.

If Spotify diverted all that exec money to artists, I wonder whether the $0.003-$0.005 figure would change, or if that would be too only amount to It might be fair to criticize Spotify's deal with rights holders of music, but the above line of critique doesn't hold so strong to me.

As it happens, $200k/year for an exec seems low?

Disclaimer: I don't use Spotify and instead manage my own collection.

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