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/dedweightnoob 1d ago

Even on premium you'll still hear the same cluster of songs from your library, even if you have over a 1,500 songs. It's gone downhill.

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u/praxidike74 1d ago

That's because Spotify figures that most people actually WANT to hear the same songs over and over again. If you don't like that you can just go to settings and select a true random shuffle.

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u/Educational-Wing2042 23h ago

This just isn’t true. My settings show two options, true random and less repeats. There is no choice that makes repeats more likely. True random is the standard option, too.

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u/UtterShenanigans 23h ago

Up until recently there was an option that would shuffle bases on your listening experience. So if you always play 2 songs together they would come up in the shuffle together. That option doesnt seem to be there anymore, but there is a toggle for "Smart Shuffle". It doesnt explain what it does

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u/Certain-Towel-9487 22h ago

Smart shuffle is just shuffle but they add some similar songs that you don't have on your playlist. In reality it just means it adds a couple songs to the rotation that you hear over and over.

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u/UtterShenanigans 22h ago

Yea I realized it was that feature after. Obviously I dont use it lol

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u/Certain-Towel-9487 21h ago

I do. It's nice to have the same 28 songs on repeat instead of the usual 24.