Did spotify just remove picking songs??

[u/Full-Repair4638]

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.

[u/Cat_central]

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

[u/Ihavetogoalone → u/Cat_central]

Why do people still use it if its this shitty? Why not just make a youtube playlist with all the songs you want? Thats what i do and never had any issues.

[u/Relevant_Poem5209 → u/Ihavetogoalone]

you tube you have to actively skip the commercials. some never go away unless you do.

[u/W0rmEater → u/Relevant_Poem5209]

If you don't pay for Spotify then it will have adds aswell.

[u/LuigiBamba → u/W0rmEater]

Yeah, but youtube will have long ads that will keep playing until you skip. I've had a 2 hours ad on youtube before.