However, out of the aforementioned perks of my Spotify Premium membership, the one feature I cannot wrap my head around is its Friend Activity. Spotify’s activity feed is not so friendly to users Sharing songs and playlists to my Instagram stories? Love. The ability to save music for offline listening (necessary when traveling)? Love. How else would I hear J Balvin’s newest song, “Ego”? With the sheer volume of songs released on Spotify on a daily basis, would I even know it came out? This is prime listening for me, and thanks to Spotify, I at least feel like I’m not missing new music from favorite artists, even if that isn’t actually the case. On Fridays, I look forward to opening Spotify and seeing a playlist curated for me – “Release Radar” – that includes just-released songs from artists Spotify knows I listen to, in addition to “new singles picked for you”. I love the “Discover Weekly” playlist that greets my homepage on Monday mornings, welcoming me into the hustle and bustle of my week.
I love that the podcasts I consume are integrated within Spotify itself, whereas Apple Music does not give its users the same pleasure. I love that I can collaborate on playlists if a situation calls for it. songs that remind me of my brothers, an “Out West” playlist, “QuaranTunes”, “Breidi’s Bach”, a playlist dedicated to my favorite Rihanna songs, etc etc etc.). Spotify does a beautiful job of allowing me to create playlists while suggesting music to add that I maybe hadn’t thought of or considered, and I have a playlist for every moment, every person, and every event in my life (i.e.
At least not with music.Īs far as streaming music platforms go, there is plenty that Spotify gets right (and at least one major flaw that it gets wrong). I love it in a way that makes me realize just how much my technology owns me rather than me owning my technology, and that might make me uncomfortable if I was the type of person who tried to “unplug” – I am not that type of person, though. Whether I am cleaning my house, walking my dog, having company over for drinks, driving somewhere, trying to fall asleep or traveling, Spotify is never not on. I’m the type of Spotify user who has the app on and open, all of the time, basically 24/7 – it doesn’t matter what I’m doing. While there are plenty of features to love about the service (curated playlists and podcast integration, to list two personal favorites), its Friend Activity leaves a lot to be desired. With over 380 million users and 172 million subscribers, Spotify continues to dominate the streaming music market.
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