I've done it. I've finally reached my "old man yells at cloud" moment. Why, why, WHY is Spotify adding features straight out of the social media playbook?

Anybody have recommendations for alternatives?

In my head there's:

~~YouTube music~~ (google, gross)

~~Apple music~~ (no way they're not on a similar trajectory)

~~Bandcamp~~ (limited, but at least bands see some money from it)

~~SoundCloud~~ (weird reputation, though haven't come back around to it in a good 10 years)

Tidal maybe? Would love to hear some recommendations.

Edit: I neglected to mention why I don't like the messaging feature. I've never used it, yet with a few of my friends there are already dozens of song exchanges in the thread. It's clear that spotify has been using user-specific links for a while now to track who sends what to who. That's a pretty clear anti-feature for me, and is enough to make me jump ship.

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[–] Eyekaytee@aussie.zone -4 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (2 children)

I'm so confused, if you don't want to use this feature, just don't use it?

Also for my money messaging has never been 'social media' otherwise we'd have to call MSN Messenger social media and that ain't right

[–] beetus@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Idk that I'll use this feature but it makes a lot of sense. I end up sharing links to Spotify tracks across multiple different friend groups multiple times a week. They share with me too.

It's obvious that Spotify would like to encourage people to stay "within the walls" of Spotify more when sharing this stuff. Some people will love this feature I bet. Idk why anyone would be upset by an optional chat though.

[–] sunstoned@lemmus.org 2 points 1 week ago (1 children)

It's that Spotify has obviously been tracking the songs I've exchanged with friends for a while now. I have never used the messaging feature, yet every album I've sent to friends is already in the messages thread. They've clearly been using unique links to track who sends music to who -- covertly, even outside of the app.

[–] beetus@lemmy.world 4 points 1 week ago

Not to support their tracking methods.. But if you were building an application that focused on a recommendation engine, you'd probably benefit greatly by tracking what users share with each other to tune the engine better.

The chat feature isnt really changing much for you except for showing you, slightly, how the sausage is made.

[–] a4ng3l@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week ago

That is a sound approach until they audiobook the shit out of it and suddenly there’s 90% of screen space showing it on the interface. So far it’s okay but there’s a growing trust issue between Spotify and myself as a user given their track record to make things shittier.