I’ve been using Spotify off and on since around 2011. And I’ve been complaining about it on Twitter for about as long. You’ll notice it starts as early adopter frustration, followed by an Rdio fanboy era, then a series of UI and recommendation pattern complaints. All out of love though. The only thing worse than users complaining about your product is them not caring about it enough to complain and hope for a better future for it.
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I don’t know what this first one is about. Probably an early bug related to @podgevision being on the same wifi or IP address?
Is there no way to edit profile info on @spotify? Apparently it thinks I'm @podgevision. How did that even happen?
— Bradford Ulrich (@adbrad) July 19, 2011
Recommendations were hard in 2011 too.
Halfway through Kid A and Spotify plays ads for 3 Doors Down and Chris Brown? Something's wrong with this ad generation system.
— Bradford Ulrich (@adbrad) July 22, 2011
Great (but long) read from Businessweek about the history, strategy and legality of Spotify. http://buswk.co/qIEKkL via @lebiddy
— Bradford Ulrich (@adbrad) July 27, 2011
I was a big Rdio fanboy. RIP.
I think I'm giving up on Spotify already. Rdio seems to do all the same stuff, but with a better looking app & web app. http://rdio.com
— Bradford Ulrich (@adbrad) August 4, 2011
Trying out Spotify this week, but really missing the focus on album art in Rdio. pic.twitter.com/Y2WDGUzDfO
— Bradford Ulrich (@adbrad) May 27, 2015
I'm doing very little in Spotify right now. Just playing an album, but there's so much else going on on screen. Rdio is way more zen.
— Bradford Ulrich (@adbrad) May 27, 2015
So far, my takeaway trying Spotify vs Rdio is that Spotify just doesn't organize or prioritize music the way I listen to music.
— Bradford Ulrich (@adbrad) June 2, 2015
New Spotify green! pic.twitter.com/a0dWxiwGTI
— Bradford Ulrich (@adbrad) June 15, 2015
Digging the new Spotify Now feature. But I just realized these timed playlists are always the same songs, same order. pic.twitter.com/0QUbGUWLFI
— Bradford Ulrich (@adbrad) June 16, 2015
I see you, slightly different color iPhone4 size black box on the Spotify loading screen. pic.twitter.com/2zvaAELLX2
— Bradford Ulrich (@adbrad) June 24, 2015
Man, Rdio and Spotify are both more optimized for (giant) full screen use than Apple Music. pic.twitter.com/7kaJASUZJe
— Bradford Ulrich (@adbrad) July 2, 2015
Right now I'm signed up for Rdio, Spotify and Apple Music. Music friends, who pays you the most money so I can listen through that?
— Bradford Ulrich (@adbrad) July 8, 2015
Rdio is still so much nicer than Spotify on the full screen view. What a missed opportunity. pic.twitter.com/XsHJRQScII
— Bradford Ulrich (@adbrad) October 21, 2015
@tywayne Spotify is chaos. But their desktop app's architecture is pretty cool. https://t.co/BNisX8nOT4
— Bradford Ulrich (@adbrad) November 17, 2015
Look, Spotify. Don't tell me to "Keep it positive." Let me go back to listening to the Judge Dredd soundtrack. pic.twitter.com/YuIw89QSKv
— Bradford Ulrich (@adbrad) December 2, 2015
Main beef w/ the Spotify app after a few months (RIP rdio) is how hard it is to search. Sometimes I have to hit < 5x to find a search bar.
— Bradford Ulrich (@adbrad) January 4, 2016
Sarcasm. I don’t understand how a person could listen to their music via the “Songs” view. Do they exist?
Raise your hand if you browse your Spotify music by Songs. pic.twitter.com/6Rsl63knZ7
— Bradford Ulrich (@adbrad) January 5, 2016
Spotify Playlists: 1000 Different Ways To Accidentally Play a Hosier Song
— Bradford Ulrich (@adbrad) January 21, 2016
I have my problems with Spotify, but Discover Weekly is really good. This EL VY song is so good. https://t.co/lU5fSB0ucd
— Bradford Ulrich (@adbrad) February 16, 2016
Basically I want Spotify to do video streaming.
— Bradford Ulrich (@adbrad) March 31, 2016
Spotify search stores half-typed recent search terms, not what I clicked. Shows how good/fast their suggestions are. pic.twitter.com/gwbnV5dRaZ
— Bradford Ulrich (@adbrad) May 6, 2016
Didn't realize the Spotify song preview long press feature worked on the album list view too. Super responsive too. pic.twitter.com/1qVL3FITwh
— Bradford Ulrich (@adbrad) June 23, 2016
Love the thinking behind Spotify's design system and organizational change that made it work and thrive. https://t.co/0f4HvmmcUo
— Bradford Ulrich (@adbrad) August 10, 2016
Loving the latest Spotify UI changes. More centered text all over the place. Better typography scale. More space & fewer dividing lines. 👍🏼 pic.twitter.com/nsdzAVuQf8
— Bradford Ulrich (@adbrad) September 30, 2016
Full screen playlist art player variation vs album art default player style. Spotify continuing to move away from focus on album listening. pic.twitter.com/HOX5XGzxSz
— Bradford Ulrich (@adbrad) August 19, 2017
I'm getting Henry his own Spotify account in 2018. pic.twitter.com/lDi9dRJlz0
— Bradford Ulrich (@adbrad) December 6, 2017
I think the 3-line icon here is to go to the playlist. But it would appear to be another hamburger + a (•••). This is the Spotify now playing Apple Watch app. pic.twitter.com/FNQxN5Oont
— Bradford Ulrich (@adbrad) March 11, 2018
Shout out to all the parents out there with similar Spotify 2018 listening habits results. pic.twitter.com/uYVlFLfudq
— Bradford Ulrich (@adbrad) December 6, 2018
tfw you try to use alfred to launch "Spotify" and end up accidentally googling "pot" on the work wifi.
— Bradford Ulrich (@adbrad) August 16, 2019
Spotify/Zoom integration to let you pick waiting room music for your attendees. Off by default, opt-in option for attendees.
— Bradford Ulrich (@adbrad) May 15, 2020
I wish Spotify had a random album sort mode that felt more like flipping through actual albums. Like shuffle but for albums. I do alphabetical sort and drag the control up and down, but still doesn’t feel like I’m randomly browsing. pic.twitter.com/HkHRm9zC1K
— Bradford Ulrich (@adbrad) May 15, 2021
Just bought a Spotify Car Thing. Every car UI sucks and my car was built just before CarPlay was standard, so looking forward to trying this. https://t.co/WeGSNxheoR pic.twitter.com/EcZxBAeTio
— Bradford Ulrich (@adbrad) December 6, 2021
Spotify is finally updating to heavier icons. Always felt they were out of proportion with the type. The new set looks great. https://t.co/FauUTYX6Us
— Bradford Ulrich (@adbrad) January 23, 2022
Spotify trying to embarrass me by swapping out the “Michael” soundtrack version of the song I’m trying to share. pic.twitter.com/tMPs4FvR0E
— Bradford Ulrich (@adbrad) July 3, 2022