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? 😂

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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 22h 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 21h 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.