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This
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Why would you put a less used button so far up the options list? Why would you put it right where my most used button is? This was the worst UI decision I've ever seen and I hope there is a dev on this thread that can go tell the UI people to fix this.
I once listened, partially, to a single “Learn Japanese” podcast. Now months later my Spotify homepage still recommends Japanese language learning podcasts every single day. I’m currently checking out YouTube Music. The deal is quite good, since it comes with YouTube Premium. In my experience the algorithm feels better, and you tend not to wind up on less “meh” recommendations.
I originally registered Spotify because of the recommendations, but it feels like YouTube is just much more spot on. Maybe it's time to switch.
In terms of alternatives, the Apple Music iOS app is pretty bad in terms of performance and bugs compared to Spotify. I can’t imagine the android app is much better.
I’ve heard that the other competitors are basically YouTube music or Amazon Music. Besides that, I guess there are the hi-fi options like Tidal. If I was going to try a different service, I’d probably go with YouTube Music so that I can also get YouTube premium.
For me, playback of new songs often just doesn't happen on iOS. The app doesn't start playing the song at all. I need to like the song which I think makes the song available offline. This usually helps.
Omg. I am so surprised that their iOS app is buggy too. I thought it was just my crappy android phone.
I’m mainly using their desktop app and the only issue I have seen is that the volume slider jumps a bit when I am connected to Spotify on multiple devices.
If you are blocking any of their ip addresses (e.g. to reduce ads) then the songs might not load. Worth checking I suppose. I’m mainly using their desktop app and the only issue I have seen is that the volume slider jumps a bit when I am connected to Spotify on multiple devices.
Spotify a year or so ago added a button to "hide a song" if you don't like it. I think this is a good feature, but they put it right where the add to playlist button was at the top of options for a song. This Is So Stupid Why would you put a less used button so far up the options list? Why would you put it right where my most used button is? This was the worst UI decision I've ever seen and I hope there is a dev on t…
I once listened, partially, to a single “Learn Japanese” podcast. Now months later my Spotify homepage still recommends Japanese language learning podcasts every single day. I’m currently checking out YouTube Music. The deal is quite good, since it comes with YouTube Premium. In my experience the algorithm feels better, and you tend not to wind up on less “meh” recommendations.
Spotify made much of their work model - completely autonomous teams working on whatever they thought was most important. I wouldn't be surprised if many of the reasons their app sucks is because of that. User interfaces don't really work when designed by committees.
Agile-mumbo-jumbo idiots.
I once listened, partially, to a single “Learn Japanese” podcast. Now months later my Spotify homepage still recommends Japanese language learning podcasts every single day. I’m currently checking out YouTube Music. The deal is quite good, since it comes with YouTube Premium. In my experience the algorithm feels better, and you tend not to wind up on less “meh” recommendations.
I originally registered Spotify because of the recommendations, but it feels like YouTube is just much more spot on. Maybe it's time to switch.
That wasn't in my initial plan, but I'm considering adding user recommendations to https://volt.fm. Something like Twitter, but for sharing music with your friends.