Re:How Spotify builds products [pdf]
by dingaling on Friday December 27, 2013 @05:13PM
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On my machines, the 'Spotify' launcher in the app menu is actually a shell script that first pkills the running-but-hung spotify-desktop process...
For me it usually takes two or three attempts for it to realise that it is online ( 'Discover is not available offline' ) and then occasionally it ceases to respond to UI input but keeps playing music.
Another favourite is to load a band's page with their name but no tracks.
But I keep paying them because when the service works it is excellent. It's just infuriating that it takes 10 minutes from making a decision to actually playing music, due to their buggy app.
For me it usually takes two or three attempts for it to realise that it is online ( 'Discover is not available offline' ) and then occasionally it ceases to respond to UI input but keeps playing music.
Another favourite is to load a band's page with their name but no tracks.
But I keep paying them because when the service works it is excellent. It's just infuriating that it takes 10 minutes from making a decision to actually playing music, due to their buggy app.