Spotify's mobile app finally goes free

Re:Spotify's mobile app finally goes free by dchuk on Wednesday December 11, 2013 @12:30PM (#6889016)

The smartphone app, however, doesn't work exactly like the PC service. Users can access their playlists and music albums, but they have to scroll through their lists randomly using a "Shuffle Play" button. Users can't pick the exact song they want to play right away, and will have to shuffle through their playlists.

I pay for Spotify specifically for the mobile app (the ads didn't bother me) and I do not want these changes. I can't tell from the article, but will this pricing change have any effect on the way I currently use the app? I want direct access to songs on my phone, not a Pandora-like system...otherwise I would just pay less and switch back to Pandora...

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Re:Spotify's mobile app finally goes free by roguelynn on Wednesday December 11, 2013 @12:56PM (#6889253)

Spotify employee here - it's only for free tier. Your service doesn't change.

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Re:Spotify's mobile app finally goes free by ashray on Wednesday December 11, 2013 @01:25PM (#6889464)

Hey I just switched over from rDio to spotify. The reasons are that spotify lets you sync different songs/playlists to different devices and rDio does not. Spotify has a better library than rDio.

However, why can I not browse/sync my 'Collection' on spotify's ios apps? Is this feature on the cards ? (I guess having a 'Collection' just on the desktop app makes little sense...) Would love it if you could answer!! Thanks for a great service!

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Re:Spotify's mobile app finally goes free by roguelynn on Wednesday December 11, 2013 @02:48PM (#6890149)

Hey ashray - pretty much what publicfig said. If you'd like, sign up for the beta testing of "Collection" across multiple platforms: http://community.spotify.com/t5/Spotify-Announcements/Collec...

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Re:Spotify's mobile app finally goes free by publicfig on Wednesday December 11, 2013 @04:37PM (#6890934)

And here's a link to follow for any information on the beta testing program:

http://community.spotify.com/t5/Spotify-Announcements/Beta-t...

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Re:Spotify's mobile app finally goes free by atestu on Wednesday December 11, 2013 @02:55PM (#6890220)

    Thank you for your interest. We're no longer accepting applications.

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Re:Spotify's mobile app finally goes free by publicfig on Wednesday December 11, 2013 @02:02PM (#6889781)

Spotify will offer a Collection service in the future. It was announced about a year ago, and beta applications just closed for it. I'm hoping we're going to see it sooner rather than later because it's a must-have feature for me.

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Re:Spotify's mobile app finally goes free by nixy on Wednesday December 11, 2013 @12:33PM (#6889049)

I'm pretty sure these shuffle restrictions apply to users of the free service only.

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Re:Spotify's mobile app finally goes free by rohansingh on Wednesday December 11, 2013 @12:53PM (#6889228)

Your functionality is unchanged. Free users who previously had no or limited mobile functionality have more functionality.

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