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Dear Spotify, can we just get a table of songs?

neil.computer

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Re: Dear Spotify, can we just get a table of songs?

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100% agree. I got a new MBP in 2020 and its sound is shockingly good. I had never experienced decent sound from laptop speakers before.

Nothing like those speakers, agreed. In a more normal office setting, I am far more inclined to use the built in speaker and mic combo myself when using my Apple device. Otherwise, my goto is actually the Samsung AKG pack in earbuds that came with my Note phones. Mic is great, audio quality also great. Those have a wire. I do not mind a wire. Always works.

>my goto is actually the Samsung AKG pack in earbuds

Me too! They are falling apart at this point, 3 or 4 years later, but wow. They have so many nice little features like a cloth braided cable that helps keep them from knotting themselves, and very comfy ear pieces. And of course they sound great, and because they are cheap (~$15) I never worry about losing them. AKG found some sort of global minima of price/performance, and it's cool Samsung recognized that. I will admit, though, that not having a wire is really nice, it's just all the trade-offs are awful. In particular the cost is high AND the likelihood to lose a component of them is very high (for me). Plus the rigamarole around keeping them charged and getting them paired...to all that I say "bah humbug!"

Re: Dear Spotify, can we just get a table of songs?

#493

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As lossless files?

Not that it matters since you can’t hear the difference, but yes.

Can you tell me where is the "download lossless file" button on Apple Music?

Re: Dear Spotify, can we just get a table of songs?

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A couple of months ago I asked my wife to put on an a specific album in the car. I was surprised to find out she had just turned on the spotify artist shuffle. She then explained that this is how she listens to all music on spotify: search artist, press the big green button. This is very anecdotal, but since then i have been amazed to find out that a huge chunk of I'm still not sure if those users use spotify this way because the ui is so bad or if the ui is molded towards those users...

Re: Dear Spotify, can we just get a table of songs?

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A couple of months ago I asked my wife to put on an a specific album in the car. I was surprised to find out she had just turned on the spotify artist shuffle. She then explained that this is how she listens to all music on spotify: search artist, press the big green button. This is very anecdotal, but since then i have been amazed to find out that a huge chunk of I'm still not sure if those users use spotify this wa…

I bet you're right on you last point. It's a sign of how irrelevant albums are today. I bet if the UX team's average age was 45+, the UX would center more around the album construct.

The post complained about album art for podcasts, i bet that's more of a symptom of Spotify slapping Podcast support over what has already been created for music.

Re: Dear Spotify, can we just get a table of songs?

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As Gabe Newell said, > If a pirate offers a product anywhere in the world, 24 x 7, purchasable from the convenience of your personal computer, and the legal provider says the product is region-locked, will come to your country 3 months after the US release, and can only be purchased at a brick and mortar store, then the pirate’s service is more valuable. Nowadays I exclusively pirate movies and shows, because just th…

Stremio is actually shady as fuck: https://www.reddit.com/r/privacy/comments/g4g50x/comment/fo0... There were also multiple claims of them doing cryptomining on your device.

Oh that's sad, because it works pretty well. I switched to it from Popcorn Time because I was having some issues, thanks for informing me.

Re: Dear Spotify, can we just get a table of songs?

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Not that it matters since you can’t hear the difference, but yes.

Can you tell me where is the "download lossless file" button on Apple Music?

Unfortunately for the Apple case the new lossless option is only available for Apple Music subscriptions.

With Apple Music here is the info: https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT212183

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