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I think the biggest problem about Spotify is that they don't pay artists fairly. The money mostly go to big artists and independents get scraps. When they "fix" this problem, I might start using their apps, otherwise I feel it is unethical.
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.
Youtube music is really a shame. It was a big step back from google play music. Sorting liked albums & songs is difficult. If you like a video on youtube that happens to be music, it will always show up in your liked songs in youtube music. Having such crappy streaming options just makes me want to go back to pirating.
Further, I have never once wanted to shuffle-play (I just don't like it). But I constantly have to uncheck shuffle on my playlists.
I would conjecture that it is intentional at Spotify to balance out per-play payments. But I doubt Spotify will confirm/deny this.
[0]. https://support.spotify.com/us/article/play/ <- search for "To play in the order listed" . good luck.