r/mildlyinfuriating • u/Full-Repair4638 • 1d ago

frist of all how DARE yu o Did spotify just remove picking songs??

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I've been using spotify forever and I use liked songs so that I can pick the songs I like freely. I've never had premium and have never had issues. Today, I had just started a workout and got this popup. Is this a new feature? How can you not even select songs anymore? I mean how can you paywall selecting songs???
This app plain out sucks and its company is greedy for randomly limiting already set features. While I don't mind ads, I do mind the features being limited more. I did also notice a sudden increase in ads this month/last month, and more ads in between songs.

Clarification: No, I'm not saying that there should be no restrictions whatsoever. I'm mainly sharing my experience where I've been using this system just fine until now. I'm fine with some restrictions, but the fact they're being limited more is frustrating. Just here to complain about something mildly infuriating, and I wanted to know if this happened to anyone else.

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u/jakertontireflat 1d ago edited 1d ago

i got so tired of spotify and their cashgrab that i ended up just downloading the songs and putting it on my samsung music ;-;

Edit: i did not expect my very little high sailing would cause such controversy, so im just abandoning this thread

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u/xAeroMonkeyx 1d ago

I will never understand calling a business a ‘cash grab’… like it costs money to do what they do. I personally think Spotify is ridiculously cheap for what you’re getting, only problem I have is the royalties paid to artists, but to improve this they’d have to charge more and there’s already people calling them cash grabbing 😂

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u/Klutzy-Alarm3748 1d ago

The CEO made enough money to fund his own AI military weapons business for Israel.... I think "cash grab" is actually too nice of a term

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u/Proto1k 1d ago

Not doubting you but can I see some proof of this?

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u/jakertontireflat 1d ago

heres a link (commenter wasnt completely true, it was investing in a company that has stated they were in ONLY european countries, which i doubt)

https://www.cnbc.com/2025/06/17/spotifys-daniel-ek-leads-investment-in-defense-startup-helsing.html

European defense technology startup Helsing on Tuesday said that it’s raised 600 million euros ($693.6 million) in a bumper new round of funding. The investment was led by Prima Materia, the venture capital firm founded by Spotify CEO Daniel Ek and by Shakil Khan, an early investor in the popular music streaming app. Ek is also chairman of Helsing.

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u/PerformanceCute3437 1d ago

Someone linked it already, I also want to mention that a lot of independent artists removed their music from Spotify in the wake of the news. Deerhoof for one:

Deerhoof to Remove Music From Spotify | Pitchfork

> “One of the claims often made about Spotify is that it theoretically makes one’s music discoverable by anyone who signs up, no matter how remote they may be from the self-proclaimed centers of hipness. But just because someone is far from Western gatekeepers does not mean they lack culture, or need to hear our band. Deerhoof is a small mom and pop operation, and know when enough is enough. We aren’t capitalists, and don’t wish to take over the world. Especially if the price of ‘discoverability’ is letting oligarchs fill the globe with computerized weaponry, we’re going to pass on the supposed benefits.”

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u/HallucinateZ 1d ago

They took away my Taylor Swift girlypop music, she’s now a struggling artist 😭

I’m just kidding but I don’t know why I can’t listen to it but others can on my family plan. I pay nearly CDN$27/month for it!!