Re:The day I canceled my Spotify subscription
by gubikmic on Monday February 19, 2024 @08:11AM
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I think Spotify is still quite good overall. They sometimes make very bad UI decisions. But the latest home screen desaster (of huge, almost full-screen size tiles) was luckily already rolled back.
My main gripe is that it carves overly deep channels around what I've listened to before. For discovering new music I find Shazam more valuable. I wish Spotify had some clever randomness.
A good example are Tarantino soundtracks with songs from all over the genre landscape. I've never seen Spotify create playlists like that.
When staying within a genre the autoplay can be amazing though.
My main gripe is that it carves overly deep channels around what I've listened to before. For discovering new music I find Shazam more valuable. I wish Spotify had some clever randomness.
A good example are Tarantino soundtracks with songs from all over the genre landscape. I've never seen Spotify create playlists like that.
When staying within a genre the autoplay can be amazing though.