I don’t understand the logic behind that default. Why shuffle by default rather than play in order? It’s good they’ve fixed it , though not sure it should’ve been fixed just because Adele tweeted them!
Hey, whatever gets fixes off the Spotify community forums is a win in my book.
And the answer is that it’s a consistency thing. Playlists usually make more sense when shuffled and there’s some value in making sure the big green button has consistent behavior whenever it appears. Without a good reason, like a high profile artist complaining about it, there’s not much motivation to change it.
I seem to recall it being an incentive to upgrade to the paid plan.
If you were a free user you couldn't choose which song on an album to listen to, you could only kick off shuffling and hope the song you wanted to hear came up.
If you had a paid account you could play the album through in order or any particular song of your choosing.
I've been paying long enough now though that I could very well be mis-remembering it...
I’m guessing the logic is that having play by default (like it is now) in a way duplicates the action on the UI. If you want to play the album in order and you are already on the album page, you can simply press on the first track and let it go from there. Now, pressing on the first track and pressing play do the same thing.
And the answer is that it’s a consistency thing. Playlists usually make more sense when shuffled and there’s some value in making sure the big green button has consistent behavior whenever it appears. Without a good reason, like a high profile artist complaining about it, there’s not much motivation to change it.