criticism of spotify
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Spotify’s Awful Car Music Gizmo Is Now Available To The U.S. Public
Spotify’s Car Thing — a music-playing gizmo that mounts to a climate vent or CD slot and connects to older cars via Bluetooth or an aux jack — is now available to the pubic after a lengthy limited-release, invite-only phase. Initially, Spotify Premium subscribers could get them for free. “Free” happened to be the right…
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Neil Young Wants Music Pulled From Spotify Over Joe Rogan’s Misinformation: Report
Neil Young wants all his music pulled from streaming service Spotify as quickly as possible, according to an open letter the veteran rock musician posted to his website that’s since been deleted. What’s the problem? Young doesn’t like the misinformation about vaccines being peddled by Joe Rogan, the podcast host who signed a $US100 ($139)…
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Spotify Removes Shuffle as a Default at the Request of Adele, But Don’t Hate, It’s Still There
Deep down, most of us know that the order songs are listed in on an album actually matters. In the era of streaming, however, it’s easier than ever to skip around, especially with the advent of “shuffle” options. Yet, after a six-year hiatus, it was extremely important to Adele that fans listen to the songs…
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New Spotify Feature Will Make You and Your BFF a Playlist of Songs You’ll Both Like
Capitalising off of the success of personalised music features like the year-end Wrapped playlists and more recent Only You listening hub, Spotify is officially rolling out Blend, a personalised playlist that will allow friends to discover the ways their tastes in music overlap.