Spotify is now limiting each app to only five users and requires devs to have a Premium subscription. If developers need to make their app available to a wider user base, they will have to apply for extended quota.
Even the Spotify shuffle feature is built to maximize profits and to hell with the user experience.
I have almost 2 thousand songs on one playlist and Spotify plays the songs from minor artists (who don’t get paid much) constantly, while songs from major artists (who get paid a lot more) are never played. I’m actually surprised to hear those songs when shuffle is turned off.
They’ve also recently added “Video Episodes for You” to my home screen with no way to turn it off. It takes up 1/3 of the screen with helpful titles like “Session 105, Hillory Duff”, and “Reinvent Life from Rock Bottom and Become Unrecognizable.” I have never watched a video or listened to a podcast on Spotify.
When it comes to enshittification Spotify’s got it down.
Maybe someday one of the other music services will create something like Spotify Connect.
Even the Spotify shuffle feature is built to maximize profits and to hell with the user experience.
I have almost 2 thousand songs on one playlist and Spotify plays the songs from minor artists (who don’t get paid much) constantly, while songs from major artists (who get paid a lot more) are never played. I’m actually surprised to hear those songs when shuffle is turned off.
They’ve also recently added “Video Episodes for You” to my home screen with no way to turn it off. It takes up 1/3 of the screen with helpful titles like “Session 105, Hillory Duff”, and “Reinvent Life from Rock Bottom and Become Unrecognizable.” I have never watched a video or listened to a podcast on Spotify.
When it comes to enshittification Spotify’s got it down.
Maybe someday one of the other music services will create something like Spotify Connect.
I hate the home screen so much and that I can‘t customize it. It‘s basically just full of ads disguised as recommendations.
Sell ad-free subscription. Include advertising anyway but make up another name. PROFIT!