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Re:How bad is your Spotify? by rodiger on Wednesday December 23, 2020 @04:00PM (#25522174)
You can disable sharing altogether if you want. This is specifically for a single "session." Like if you want to listen to a guilty pleasure and don't want your friends bugging you about it
Re:How bad is your Spotify? by wlonkly on Wednesday December 23, 2020 @10:46PM (#25524869)
It's also useful if you have a second musical "life" that you don't want to involve in your recommendations. Parents with kids' music, for instance. In my case, I turn on private listening when I go to bed, because my sleeping music is repetitive and nothing like the music I want to discover.
Re:How bad is your Spotify? by anoncake on Friday December 25, 2020 @12:27PM (#25537718)
Of course. But even then I wouldn't want the session to end without confirmation. A prompt/reminder after six hours would make sense.
Re:How bad is your Spotify? by Tostino on Wednesday December 23, 2020 @04:15PM (#25522301)
Wait wait wait, Spotify notifies my friends of what I am listening to (not a user, so honest question)?
Re:How bad is your Spotify? by rodiger on Wednesday December 23, 2020 @04:43PM (#25522575)
No no, but in the UI you can see what your friends are listening to (if you're added as friends). Example I found online (the right bar is the friends feed):

https://miro.medium.com/max/3836/1*C_ImLXQdMOGljMRhLcV-Yw.jp...

Re:How bad is your Spotify? by kingosticks on Wednesday December 23, 2020 @05:25PM (#25522988)
And to be clear, this is an optional feature.
Re:How bad is your Spotify? by Tostino on Wednesday December 23, 2020 @07:42PM (#25524025)
Appreciate that clarification. Good to know.