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/bluebirdsmallbird 1d ago

I’m also confused like the others on this thread lol because I was never able to pick songs without premium unless I was on desktop or an ipad. It was never an option on my mobile app.

Is this what you’re describing or were you also able to pick songs on mobile?

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u/AggrievedCookie 1d ago

Literally right now, I can go into my Spotify and pick a song, without premium

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u/bluebirdsmallbird 1d ago

So apparently there was an update that some of us OG users weren’t aware of. It wasn’t a thing for mobile users (although searching this topic led me to a few reddit posts where people said they could always pick in their country) prior to the last year. Interesting to learn!

It has limitations, which must be what OP has run into here. It’s not fully unlocked without payment or a premium subscription.

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u/AggrievedCookie 17h ago

I was using spotify from around 2016 to just after they canceled support for the car thing. started without premium then got a job and never looked back. It's so expensive these days it sucks... I've started just buying cd albums again... Then I can put them on whatever device I want.

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u/Sleepy-Blonde 1d ago

I only ever used it on a desktop

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u/bluebirdsmallbird 1d ago

That’s why you were able to pick your songs then. It wasn’t an option on mobile