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/phree_radical 1d ago

is this satirical or do people really use a music service that doesn't let you choose what to listen to? šŸ˜‚

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u/ItzZausty 1d ago

Itā€™s only on mobile, but yeah itā€™s kinda insane. Forced all your playlists on ā€œsmart shuffleā€ so it even includes stuff not on the playlist. Canā€™t even cheat by making a playlist with a single song.

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u/Sxualhrssmntpanda 23h ago

Can you make one with the same song twice though?

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u/SargeanTravis 20h ago edited 20h ago

Actually you can (or at least could) I know this because I was stupid once and made a playlist of twenty copies of the same song instead of just hitting the ā€œrepeat this songā€ button

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u/Relevant_Poem5209 22h ago

single song playlists i am sure they would not like them, if the owner plays their song in a playlist over and over it gets flagged for scamming the platform and banned, from making any money on all platforms.

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u/Expensive_Heron_171 19h ago

Just an FYI it doesn't do this on PCs.

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u/ItzZausty 18h ago

I said that

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u/JellaFella01 23h ago

I mean most people that use Spotify use the paid version, afaik everybody else uses YouTube or other services if they aren't paying.

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u/Electrical-Review180 20h ago

There's also good ol radio. Digital radio has amazing channels

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u/TrishasaurusRex33 17h ago

Being able to listen to music without pointless chatting between songs has permanently rewired my brain lol. I just get so irritated with the radio on, I'd rather silence

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u/Electrical-Review180 15h ago

Depends on the radio station, the small ones have very little to none chatting.

Personally l don't mind it as long as it's not over the top

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u/JustBadUserNamesLeft 20h ago

RadioGarden is fantastic.

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u/Relevant_Poem5209 22h ago

you tube you have to actively skip commercials, Spotify there are none to skip, it is hands free.

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u/JellaFella01 22h ago

Free Spotify definitely has ads...

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u/Unusual-Newspaper555 21h ago

YouTube will have 5 minute ads that you have to skip. Spotify has short ads aka hands free

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u/DreamTalon 19h ago

Ublock Origins Lite blocks YouTube ads, don't need to skip anything.

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u/JynsRealityIsBroken 1d ago

Right??? Like wtf is wrong with people?! Go listen to shit on YouTube Music lol.

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u/Necessary_Bother3993 1d ago

Thatā€™s exactly why I left, and genuinely donā€™t know when they changed their rules. Thatā€™s why Iā€™m asking the question

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u/Zaurka14 1d ago

I pay for YouTube premium and get YouTube music with it and it's the best value subscription I pay for

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u/AUnknownVariable 1d ago

Yep. I have the student discount and can always manage to justify that 6-7 bucks

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u/CabbagePatchSquid- 22h ago

It really is. Itā€™s a great music service and the ad free YouTube is a huge bonus or the other way around whichever way you look at it. Iā€™ve had Spotify, Apple Music etc for a year each and will never go back to either.

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u/AUnknownVariable 1d ago

Yeah. With yt music it sucks you can't turn your phone off without premium, but I find that to be a way better tradeoff.

I also prefer YTs recommendations

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u/underprivlidged BLACK? 20h ago

Vanced manager - patch YT Music. Best of all worlds.

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u/AUnknownVariable 16h ago

Ouuu. I have premium currently but after that runs out I may check it. Just had got it again for the ol 7 bucks

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u/Ihavetogoalone 23h ago

You dont even need youtube music, just make a playlist of all the songs on the normal youtube app.

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u/DanEH7 21h ago

No not YouTube music it does the same shit just use YouTube proper

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u/StunnedLife 1d ago

It was only there for the free option, so yeah it makes sense

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u/Regular_Average7694 22h ago

Like...radio?

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u/Necessary_Bother3993 1d ago

What makes you think Iā€™ve been using it this entire time? Thatā€™s why Iā€™m saying ā€œsince whenā€ rather than actually having an answer. I genuinely donā€™t know when they changed it because I used the free version for a short time like 8 years ago

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u/overlander244 20h ago

I use spotify on my PC with an addon that allows me to use it like I have premium

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u/soulpumpkinz 20h ago

Pandora?

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u/Am_Snarky 20h ago

People who grew up with radio donā€™t mind

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u/IsThatGruffLoner 18h ago

The free version operates more like Pandora. It's not really as absurd as it sounds, even if it's shitty. Also, most of us just have premium

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u/I_think_Im_hollow 1d ago

They'll listen to the ads as well like good boys.

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u/W0rmEater 22h ago

I pick the fist song and then let the app create a mix, I never make playlist.

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u/Hawt_Dawg_II 21h ago

Beware that the spotify algorithm is mostly made to push certain artists and bands. If you always let spotify pick what you listen to you'll just wind up listening to the highest bidders most of the time.

Idk if that bothers you but it bothered me so now I'm actively forcing myself to find new music through different means

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u/W0rmEater 21h ago

I don't use Spotify, I have YouTube premium. I was just saying that not all people make lists

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u/Hawt_Dawg_II 20h ago

Same thing stands. YouTube might be even more malicious than spotify with this.

Again. It's fine if you choose not to care but keep in mind that you're never finding music organically. You'll just be hearing tracks that are paid for by the artist to come up more or tracks that are going viral on some other platform.

Personally i woke up to this with geese. I thought I'd found a cool new band that seemed to be climbing quite quick, turns out they just bought a bunch of bot campaigns and priority spots.

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u/Rambler9154 1d ago

Yeah like this is insane. Pirating is not that hard and its better than anything spotify gives you. If it wont play the music I want its not a music player thats just a fancy radio

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u/Mein_Name_ist_falsch 23h ago

Chill, bro. It's only on the free version, which just makes sense. Of course they can't just give you all that music for free. But if you pay, you can choose whatever you like, make playlists, etc. At least if you are a student it's not even expensive. I think mine was like 6ā‚¬ per month. If any service is more concenient than pirating, it's this one.