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by circa 3561 days ago
I could not agree more. I was a big Rdio fan and went to the ways of Apple Music because the family plan is so cheap. Wish they would integrate Last.fm and a web interface though. The 12.5.1 version is a step in the right direction though. Along with iOS 10. Excited to see what Pandora will offer as well.
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solaxun 3561 days ago
I know it's easy for me to be an armchair quarterback but I have to say it. Although I am currently and somewhat reluctantly paying for it (for now), Spotify's UI makes me want to strangle someone every time I use it. I can never remember exactly what ridiculous combinatoric puzzle of screens I need to cycle through in order to get where I want to go. It feels like I'm trying to enter a fucking launch code for a nuclear submarine just to play a damn song. God forbid I'm running and hit the wrong screen, then I have to stop, fiddle for 3 minutes, and start again.

Also the stations are incredibly shallow. If you pick a station on Pandora, you will have hundreds of songs that are generally well selected in my experience. If you pick one on Spotify, you get maybe 20-30 songs.

The one major benefit to Spotify is that you can pick any song you want. However, if you pick a genre, you're likely to be inundated with shitty cover bands that you have to painfully sift through in order to find the actual playlist your looking for, because '70's hits' could be anything from Led Zepplin to your next door neighbours cover band.

TLDR - incredibly over complicated UI, shallow stations, too much spam music.

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circa 3561 days ago
Absolutely 100% agree. Its why I went with Apple Music after the death of Rdio. I had a horrible experience when i had a 90-day trial. I stopped using it after a week and even canceled my subscription early. It was awful. That was a few years ago and I'm sure a few things improved, but still the free desktop version annoys me. During my trial, this was back when you had to create a playlist in order to listen to the whole album. Who had that idea?! Ever since then Spotify has always left a bad taste in my mouth.
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