Spotify Criticisms

Users express frustrations with Spotify's practices, including music access restrictions, licensing issues, missing features like reliable offline mode or playlists, and shady behaviors, often suggesting alternatives or defending the service.

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Sample Comments

wilkystyle Mar 8, 2022 View on HN

Seems Spotify is having issues, too

dntrkv Feb 1, 2021 View on HN

How does Spotify prevent you from listening to music you want to?

timje1 Jul 28, 2015 View on HN

This is spotify's approach.

oliv__ Oct 10, 2022 View on HN

It's kind of mind boggling to me that Spotify doesn't offer this themselves. Seems like use case 101

ERD0L Jan 16, 2019 View on HN

Spotify is doing shady stuff, who knew ?

shocks Feb 9, 2019 View on HN

There is - it's called not using Spotify.

ThrowawayTestr Apr 7, 2023 View on HN

What does this have to do with Spotify?

verelo Jul 26, 2018 View on HN

I'd love to learn more about this! I hate the way this sounds, have not encountered it, but keen to share my distaste with Spotify by reaching out to them if this is in fact true!

Bud Oct 13, 2020 View on HN

Not having Spotify is a feature.

jumelles Aug 15, 2018 View on HN

Some of us want access to music that's not on Spotify.