#30

Still use Spotify a lot, tend to use Bandcamp for metal stuff although I am likely to buy from Bandcamp and then listen on itunes. I also still have an eMusic subscription which gets me like seven or eight new albums a month.

#31

Spotify, Soundcloud, Bandcamp and you tube basically covers all bases; have playlists on all of them.

#32

pretty sure AMSP went on Spotify the same day it came out in the shops, did it not? and they had a message beforehand about how they were hoping to have it soon

#33

still use Spotify. i use the free one cos i only use it on my laptop predominately for checking out albums i’ve not heard. listen to my own collection otherwise.

youtube and bandcamp a bit too obviously but not in the same way i guess.

#34

I couldn’t remember the exact chronology but Wiki tells me it was released digitally (including on Tidal) on 8th May but didn’t hit Spotify until 17th June - two days AFTER the physical release.

#35

yup, my phone does this with saved albums quite often, and sometimes will give the notification ‘downloading 597 tracks’

shite

#36

Supposedly found a fix to this ( I also get that problem ), gonna give it a go. Go to apps on settings and give Spotify permission to access storage. Let’s see. I give it a week

#37

Been with Spotify from the moment it came to the US…

BUT…

Just a few days ago I got a notice that I maxed out my ‘your music’ collection and cant add any more. Apparently they cap it at 10k and no one informed me. I’m really pissed about this and looking for other solutions. Not happy to have to do it, been happy w spotify for the most part but this is just ridiculous.

#38

The fuck? That’s worrying. Are we talking saved artists, albums, or playlists, or all of the above?

#39

Well every playlist has a 10k cap too, but this is in reference to any time you hit the + sign or ‘save’ an album it puts it into ‘your music’ which is basically just all my favorite tracks ( i dont really add full albums). And yeah apparently they cap you at 10k. So I got some bs message when i hit the plus sign last week “Epic music collection bro, your maxed out” and went and checked it out on the spotify forums:

LOOK AT THEIR ANSWER! Might as well say ‘lol eff off you’re business means nothing to us you pee-on’. Imo that’s close to the worst answer imaginable + it was like 2-3 years ago and no update since…

I could clear out some songs for sure but that wont solve the problem long term, I’ll fill it up again easily. Took me a while after they got rid of ‘starred’ tracks to figure out how I liked to use Spotify but finally found a way that worked for me. Not excited that I either need to switch it up again or find another service.

#40

Spotify is also quite frustrating with how they deal with ‘explicit’ material. Not sure if you have kids but know you’re a hip hop nut so it’s annoying that I have spotify on in the car/house 24/7 but have to consciously think about what I can play that’s family friendly. Just put in a switch for ‘safe mode’ so you don’t get ‘For Free?’ suddenly appear out of nowhere.

#41

I’ve never felt the ‘your music’ aspect really worked. when they got rid of stars that was really annoying. now I manage things via playlists, and use the your music bit for albums but it doesn’t keep track of ‘tracks’ (because albums you save automatically get added to the songs you save).

The way it does work is with your daily mixes, which I really like.

#42

Yeah that’s their top ‘live idea’. Go in and vote it up! Would be good:

https://community.spotify.com/t5/Live-Ideas/idb-p/ideas_live/tab/most-kudoed

I just have a family playlist that’s self curated for now.

#43

I mourn the loss of the star function at least once a week.

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#44

yeah that’s basically what i have too. i voted the live idea ages ago and have been subscribed to the thread, spotify’s lack of willingness to engage with what the community want (just simple ideas) is unbelievably annoying.

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#45

I spent so long building an MP3 collection that I’ve been reluctant to move to a streaming service.

As a halfway house I’ve been using iTunes Match since it was introduced four or five years ago. For about £20 a year I get everything I add to my library across all my devices, including anything esoteric like live downloads or Bandcamp sales.

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#46

Tidal

#47

Made the big move from my mp3 library to a Spotify subscription at the turn of the year. Tenner a month really is excellent value and for the first time in years i’ve been able to keep on top of new releases easily. discover weekly throws up a fair few corkers as well

10k?! i barely use “your music” and in five months i already have a thousand songs saved there :scream:

i prefer to go down the convoluted route of burying albums in playlists within playlist folders within playlist folders within playlist folders

#48

Google Play for me. Easy to use etc. Probably goes for all the major ones. I’m happy with it and so no reason to move.

#49

Yeah man, I bet more than 1% of users are gonna hit that cap sooner than later. Probably 100% of dis Spotify users.