Spotify has updated the desktop app with plenty of visual improvements and new features, like a “now playing” view that gives you immediate access to merchandise and tour dates.
Yeah, they tried to autoupdate me so I found an older version to install and disabled updates to that app through Windows lol.
I’m not a fan of the bubble aesthetic and cluttered appearance. Too many elements fighting for your attention when you open it.
Spotify has been shaving off utility and features for a while now, once I’m forced to actually change over from my old version I’ll be going to look for an alternative.
Yay! Another enshittified product to replace with a federated one! @funkwhale here I come …
Sounds like a good time to switch to resonate. There’s (sadly) not that many artists there yet, but the pricing model is really cool (and doesn’t exploit tne artists as much). And I guess the only way a platform like this will get more artists, is if it gets more listeners :)
It gets worse every update
Spotify is peak change for the sake of change. They like tinkering with the UI for no discernible reason.
Fidgety corporate ADHD. Constantly breaking things that used to work and now they don’t, all across the extended ecosystem (such as Alexa). Some assholes trying to justify their salary as the clueless and mesmerized suits go along with it, this is “metrics” anti-culture they’ve created. High-fiving themselves and giving themselves bonuses, for making things palpably enshittified.
It also sounds kinda like Lucas with the Original Trilogy.
Yep! I left a while ago and moved to Tidal. I’ve been relatively happy with it so far.
I despise the new library view, I cannot just double click my playlist folder to start playing anymore, I have to right click and go down to the play option now… Also feels very massive like it wasnt made for a mouse pointer. If it were up to me i’d revert to the old one in a heartbeat.
It’s almost impressive how badly they screwed up the library. Absolutely hate it. It’s just a massive chore to use versus how it was.
I’ll add to the minority that likes those changes. I don’t use the desktop version that often and was pleasantly surprised :D I like having the library on the side. Especially that I do have quite a wide screen.
Can someone explain why Spotify desktop doesn’t support the new episodes playlist for podcasts? Biggest annoyance I have using it.
And can that same person explain why social features are completely missing from the mobile app?
Seeing this makes me realize how little I actually use Spotify. Not to say the Desktop redesign looks bad but my only usage of Spotify is through their mobile app on Android. Since I never used the Desktop app before the redesign I can’t say if its bad or not. Most, if not all, of my music listening is through either SoundCloud or Youtube.
Dont forget that Spotify abuses its market position by basically milking smaller artists dry.
Does anybody know of a good alternative that doesnt involve either storing hundreds of albums on CD or piracy?
Qobuz and Tidal are less evil than Spotify and support higher quality audio, but also have smaller selections. Where practical I’ll buy albums I like on FLAC from Bandcamp or HDtracks but it is also nice to have a streaming service for discovering new stuff.
Great to see some improvements. Hopefully it doesn’t overly clutter the UI. On a side note, has anyone found the new AI DJ useful? Mine keeps playing k-pop even though I rarely if ever listen to k-pop. I’ve found myself just going back to daily mix 1.
I like it. I find the daily mixes to be a bit sonically themed. The AI DJ jumps all over the place, so there’s a hard cut, then something completely new.
It works better than randomizing on a playlist because the algorithm, at least for me, tends to pick sonically themed songs, so I know if it starts on an upbeat song, most of what I listen to will be upbeat, if it hits a ballad first, it’ll mostly be ballads/mellow.
