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Re:The day I canceled my Spotify subscription by boraoztunc on Monday February 19, 2024 @06:45AM (#39428756)
UX def sucks. I don't understand how a design-focused company that invests so much into its design teams (www.spotify.design) can create a user interface so cluttered and hard to navigate to find music. After years of using it, I've recently discovered (on mobile) that they've hidden the search and sorting on top of the playlists.

My home page is full of things I'm not interested in; there is no way to customize which are displayed. And enough of pushing podcasts.

I've created a (free) web app using Spotify API, Echoes, with a simple interface to see your top artists and songs, it also has a New Discovery section to generate playlists based on your listening algorithm.

https://echoesapp.io

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Re:The day I canceled my Spotify subscription by rchaud on Monday February 19, 2024 @09:58AM (#39430425)
That's because "good design" and "scrambling for profitability" don't go together. The UI is cluttered because they are trying to jam in multiple media types (music, video, long podcasts). Why? Because they lose money on music.
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Re:The day I canceled my Spotify subscription by Vorh on Tuesday February 20, 2024 @03:00AM (#39438979)
Was going to try this out, but the permissions required are too much for me.

     View your email
     Add and remove items in Your Library
    Create, edit, and follow private playlists
    Create, edit, and follow playlists
    Manage who you follow on Spotify
    Stream and control Spotify on your other devices
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Re:The day I canceled my Spotify subscription by boraoztunc on Tuesday February 20, 2024 @04:43AM (#39439425)
I understand. It seems like too much, but I've no intention of storing or doing something with the data. Spotify API lets us follow artists, like songs through the app, and create playlists. Also, there is a built-in player that we can listen to the songs and playlists directly without opening the Spotify app.

You should try, pretty cool.

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