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Re:I Quit Spotify by surgical_fire on Monday August 12, 2024 @05:49AM (#41222780)
I've been using Spotify for about 7 years. And honest question, what did they change so much that disrupts you from listening?

I swear I am not trying to be clever and throwing you a gotcha. I just never had any issues, and it may be down to how I use the service. Genuinely curious to how other people use it.

In my case, I only ever use Spotify on Android (or android auto if I am driving). I mostly listen to playlists I crafted myself. Sometimes I listen to one podcast or another when working out, but that's rare (I mostly listen to music).

What I am trying to say is that I barely interact with the UI at all - as it should be, I just want to listen to stuff. What is so bad about it?

Re:I Quit Spotify by id00 on Monday August 12, 2024 @09:08AM (#41223982)
Not Op but for me it was frustrating in the past 12 months:

- when they use to break local files playback (where you have your own mp3) every few months

- when "add to queue" function started lagging

- when "add to queue" stopped working for a day or two hntil it was fixed

- there was a week when I couldn't listen downloaded playlists in airplane mode. For some reason.

- constant changes in desktop app context menu by moving items "add to playlist" and "add to queue" around

- "smart shuffle" I don't use it but now I need to click shuffle twice. And it's lagging

- ios app is progressively getting slower and slower

- I use it for music so I don't need audiobooks and podcasts. I can't hide them and they take so much space

Re:I Quit Spotify by jspaetzel on Monday August 12, 2024 @09:28AM (#41224144)
Airplane mode being broken on two flights was the final straw for me. YouTube music's offline is also sorta wonky but at least it mostly works