_g_be comments on Spotify will now let free users pick and play tracks

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[–] _g_be@lemmy.world 21 points 1 year ago (7 children)

Nope. At some point spotify forced FREE users to shuffle play playlists. You couldn't pick which specific song you'll hear first. And with ads, obviously.

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[–] CmdrShepard49@sh.itjust.works 6 points 1 year ago (6 children)

Damn, when I joined way back when, you could pick the track you wanted you just couldn't skip and had to hear ads. Being able to pick a track is the whole reason I moved away from Pandora.

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[–] _g_be@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago (5 children)

I've recently moved away from Spotify and to Pandora, ironically.

Pandora premium let's you play whichever track you want, they are not longer exclusively stations, but their station algorithm is the reason I decided on them over other spotify alternatives

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[–] acosmichippo@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago (1 child)

pandora was the shit like 10-15 years ago.

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[–] _g_be@lemmy.world 1 point 1 year ago

me too ...

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[+] ThunderQueen@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago (2 children)

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[–] weaselsrippedmyflesh@lemmy.pt 3 points 1 year ago (1 child)

Right now, it's Qobuz that pays the most, and they also sport lossless audio formats as well. Tidal's still a good pick, as far as music streamers go, though.