[yolobey]

I was really happy when Apple Music launched, because I had a huge library on iTunes that I had been keeping meticulously for about half a decade then, and I was a spotify user - I thought I could consolidate the two.

Well Apple Music responded to my enthusiasm by trashing my music library, mislabeling everything automatically and losing half of the library. I don't know if they fixed that, but that managed to turn me to a permanent spotify user.

Spotify too is making me unhappy these days though, because for some time now they are heavily emphasizing geography in discover weekly playlists, which isn't what I want as an expat. It's always a bunch of songs in the same style, listened to nowhere else but where I am now, and pressing the dislike button doesn't help. I guess I should get a VPN/use a payment method from my home country/switch to an alternative.

[lgbr]

I find I can just go into the settings and change my country, and Spotify will happily accept this. My GeoIP nor my credit card's country seems to have had an effect on the content in my library.

This is one of the joys of Spotify compared to other services I use, where it just accepts that I want the experience of the country I select, and not something arbitrary like an IP or a credit card (like Netflix, Steam).

[maigret]

It's not possible through all types of accounts though: https://support.spotify.com/uk/article/How-can-I-change-my-c...

"Premium [...] Note: For licensing reasons, you need to update your payment method to one that's been issued in your new country."

[yolobey]

I checked now and it's asking me to change my payment method to change my locale. Makes sense on a level I guess, since I'm paying ~£4 instead of £10 due to currency differences.