Spotify - anyone heard of it?

Some rando used my email address to create a free account, so I emailed customer service to have it deleted, and got this response back (where "xxxxxxxx" is my email address):

We've checked on the email address "xxxx✧✧✧@icl✧✧✧.c✧✧" and can confirm that it has an account which is "xxxxxxxx-4". Since you've said that someone used your email address, may I please know what email address or username is it?

I... what?

WHY DOES THIS PIECE OF SHIT SOFTWARE NEVER RECOGNIZE MY IPHONE WHEN I PLUG IT IN. WHY DOES THIS PIECE OF SHIT SOFTWARE SEEM TO BE COMPLETELY INCAPABLE OF HANDLING MY LOCAL FILES. FECES.

Really, really makes me appreciate iTunes. Can't wait for apple to start their streaming thing.

https://community.spotify.com/t5/Help-Desktop-Linux-Mac-and/No-device-menu-in-the-new-update/m-p/1065741#M116532

Oh, any indicate that your phone is connected has been removed. NBD.

Evidently, there is no more wired sync? That's incredibly stupid when I'm trying to sync a thousand or so local files.

I expect the inability to handle local files now is just a precursor to removing that feature.

I love when you are syncing via wifi, the app has to be open and the screen on. And it takes hours, so you're just sitting there with spotify on constantly tapping your screen so it doesn't go to sleep.

yeah, it's bad

mog was already pretty good. I switched to spotify bc mog ipad app didn't seem to have the programming support, ironically.

Does anyone else have trouble with downgraded Spotify continuing to try to upgrade even after following the instructions? I don't think I missed anything...

You must have missed a step. Those txt files should stop any attempts to upgrade.

Weird, the txt files are in the folder, read-only, but after maybe 5 minutes the Spotify_new application will reappear, along with the real .sig file.

The jig is up!

while we're in this zone: is it normal for there to be 3-4 separate spotify.exe processes running, at like 30MB each (not counting the "web helper")? not the biggest deal in the world since firefox takes like half a gig for NO REASON all the time (need to fucking switch to something else at this point, also flash crashes constantly and fucking homestarrunner videos from 13 years ago play with huge lag). but anyway, annoying. this started, i think, right around the time of the upgrade, which was also when spotify decided to 'forget' that i told it not to open automatically on startup.

it really is amazing how crappy and bloated they have made this program.

Xpost not to prolong an off topic note but does flash crash like a mofo on other browsers as well? It's definitely become a liability for me on Firefox too

i really don't think i'll ever convince spotify on my tablet that i don't want to listen in shuffle. baffling.

Notifications not working on desktop player and no notification emails since April 23rd.

current routine to start spotify desktop

1. Start Spotify
2. Stop Spotify
3. Open task manager
4. Kill Spotify processes
5. Start Spotify

Cool feature

charmingly temperamental program

Weird, the txt files are in the folder, read-only, but after maybe 5 minutes the Spotify_new application will reappear, along with the real .sig file.

Check that the files don't have an actual .txt extension; they have to be Spotify_new.exe and Spotify_new.exe.sig.

To check this, you might need to change your view settings to display file name extensions, as this generally doesn't happen by default in Windows.

Same on Mac btw, i had to remove the txt extension from the terminal.

Yeah, they don't have the txt extension. No one else seems to have this issue, and the instructions are pretty simple, I'm kind of baffled.

spotify made you, man. get to the safe house.

Weird, I haven't had any of the problems being discussed here. I'm on an i7 with a ton of RAM, though.

I also used onimo's startup procedure for awhile, but I discovered that the desktop app eventually sorts itself out if you wait a few minutes. It is hilarious that it starts up immediately after you kill all of the processes, though. Feels like there's a bottleneck in the data center for whatever info spotify gathers on startup, but it just gives up on gathering it if you just kill it once?

The instructions don't spell this out, but you need to download and install the program, but not then run it, then do the two text files, and THEN run the newly intalled SPotify for the first time.

I have been on Spotify Unlimited (£5 a month) for years and recently upgraded to Premium (£10 a month) to try it out on my phone. It was useless, so now I want to go back to Unlimited, but I can only see ways to cancel the subscription completely. Is the Unlimited subscription still available?

nope

Oh well, good opportunity to try something else.

ha, I can only use my phone right now because my laptop's DAC is so awful

Only disadvantage of using the old, working, un-upgraded version of Spotify is it's from the era when the program couldn't count beyond 59 minutes of playlist without giving up and rounding to the nearest hour.

Apple allegedly trying to kill Spotify's free tier:

http://www.theverge.com/2015/5/4/8540935/apple-labels-spotify-streaming

Lots of cursing at spotify this morning as I try and access my local files in the Mac desktop app. Evidently 64,000 songs just grinds it to a halt.

https://insights.spotify.com/us/2015/05/06/most-popular-keys-on-spotify/
c, g and d major coming out on top

to me bach, arise liszt, b minor must rally

streaming video, eh?

https://twitter.com/Spotify/status/596748233008816128

Yeesh

"you mean like an electron probability cloud surrounding a hydrogen nucleus, son?"
"no, not that kind of cloud, mom!"

moms don't get it!

Moms: pretty damn dumb

wonder if any moms work at Spotify

no no no. it couldn't be true!

moms belong at the particle accelerator, doing fundamental work. typical moms!

http://www.nytimes.com/2015/05/09/business/media/as-spotify-expands-revenue-rises-and-losses-deepen.html?_r=0

what did the deleted tweet say?

ah never mind, i found it

It would be nice to have an editable Notes column in a playlist. The notes would reside in a local file of the user who created the playlist, not part of the Spotify db, which I'm sure is already loads of fun to manage. Would be handy for poll result playlists -- "732/9/2" or whatever.

love how this thread is half discussion of what it takes to keep a billion-dollar industry-gamechanger, and half "you know what would make my experience as a 99% percentile music nerd more enjoyable?" fantasies/requests.