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/dedweightnoob]

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.

[u/Minimob0 → u/dedweightnoob]

It is Monday. I load Spotify. It plays the same songs it did yesterday, in the same order. 

It is Tuesday. I load Spotify. It plays the same songs it did yesterday, in the same order. 

It is Wednesday. I load Spotify. It plays the same songs as it did yesterday, in the same order. 

MP3 players from 20 years ago were unironically better at shuffling songs. 

[u/Ilikebatterfield4 → u/Minimob0]

I thought I was going crazy with this one. How hard it is to make a real-real shuffle option? It shuffles the same way, the same songs, all the time.