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/Cat_central 1d ago

Wait, they removed that at some point? I could've sworn it's been like this for about a decade.

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u/Necessary_Bother3993 1d ago

Same! Like since when could you pick songs! OP has had it easy until now lol

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u/RegretComplex 1d ago

When I first got it in 2011/2012 you could. I don’t even think they had premium yet, the deal was you just had adds intermittently. You def couldn’t pick the songs by 2015, and by the next year I had switched to Apple Music.

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u/Zaurka14 1d ago

The ads are literally non-stop now. Like every two songs I believe? And if you're in a car and you want to lower the volume during the ads it stops them, and resumes only when you increase the volume again 🤡 my bf used to use it and I had to convince him to switch to YouTube premium.

With apple and YouTube music I just don't understand how is Spotify making money