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Re:Spotify will reduce total headcount by 17% across the com... by dbrueck on Monday December 04, 2023 @10:47AM (#38518684)
I'm in both camps: Spotify is hands down the best ROI for me in terms of where my streaming dollars go.

OTOH, it drives me crazy that customers like myself have been begging them for many years to add basic features like remembering my spot in a playlist.

Re:Spotify will reduce total headcount by 17% across the com... by fundatus on Monday December 04, 2023 @10:53AM (#38518770)
> remembering my spot in a playlist

Can you elaborate? Seriously curious how that exactly would look like.

Re:Spotify will reduce total headcount by 17% across the com... by dbrueck on Monday December 04, 2023 @11:20AM (#38519164)
It's the equivalent of an automatic bookmark in book reader apps. While playing songs in a playlist, there is a tiny bit of state information - primarily what song you're on. As soon as you play something else, that state is discarded. There's no way to automatically pick up where you left off.

For example, I really enjoy curated playlists, and some of them are really long. I'd love the ability to work my way through a playlist but also be able to take a break and listen to something else. Or to go to the gym and listen to other music while I'm there. Or temporarily stop and listen to a new song a friend shared. None of these scenarios work very well currently.

Spotify already stores and syncs playlist name/ID/owner/etc. All I want is for them to add 2-3 bytes of sync'd data - just store the current sort field, sort direction, and a song index. It'd be totally fine if it didn't remember playlist state if you're on shuffle play.

Re:Spotify will reduce total headcount by 17% across the com... by vvillena on Monday December 04, 2023 @11:55AM (#38519690)
Maybe a "resume" button next to the "play" button in the playlist page. Or just an option hidden in the "..." menu.