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[–] 6 points 1 year ago (4 children)

I haven’t used Spotify, until recently, since it was first released. Its big value over Pandora was that it let you choose what to listen to…when did that change?

I’m using spotx on Linux so I don’t get ads, can search individual songs, etc. I thought the free tier was just ad supported, I didn’t realize that they didn’t let you pick what you wanted to listen to.

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  • [–] 3 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    only premium subscribers could pick individual tracks previously

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  • [–] 1 point 1 year ago

    What a ripoff.

    Oh, there's a Spotx for Windows too. There ya go, anybody using Spotify free who doesn't want to buy into the tiering enshittification go patch your Spotify client. No ads, pick your own tracks, like Spotify used to be when it was a new and a good value for the service.

    I'm just too lazy to find a music private tracker and setup Lidarr, I'll do that eventually and then just stream through Jellyfin like one of the cool kids.

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  • [–] 2 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    The desktop application (both Windows and Linux) allows free users to pick tracks. The mobile application does not.

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