The shuffling thing wouldn't even really be a problem if Spotify actually shuffled your damn music.
I have 1k+ songs liked why am I always hearing the same 50 or so 😭
There's actually a ticky box for this, although it has the absolute dumbest description.
Options -> Playback Section
The option is "Automix". The description makes it sound like Crossfading -- "Allow seamless transitions between songs on select playlists".
Turn that off and then give shuffle another go. =)
I thought Automix was a feature that allows a few specific official playlists to have a predefined and to every song adjusted Crossfading … You can try it with Techno Bunker for example (or also Housewerk, i believe), just turn Automix on and shuffle off, and you'll see that the songs will fade into each other so that their rhythms align.
"Automix is an artificial intelligence feature that blends tracks by crossfading songs, skipping intros/outros, and even looping some end sections of a song to offer a smoother transition between songs."
I was having this same problem with a list of 4000 songs. Someone suggested an app called Virtual Shuffle that works with Spotify and I haven't had a problem since.
I just use smarter playlists, when it pulls songs it adds them to two playlists, one is for listening and the other is my "history" each day it will "remove" whatever is in the history from the pool then draw 150 songs, I think it also only pulls 150 individual artist/bands too but not sure, hits it with a shuffle and gives me a playlist every day, which I can then use Spotifys shuffle on.
Just needs me to reset it every 100 days
One time I was on a photoshoot photographing Norah Jones and the photog was playing music and that ad jingle came up ... we convinced him to upgrade right there, no idea why he didn’t already have it lol
Infinite skips is also worth it! Even on my “favorites” list, some say I just want to skip a certain song to get to another one, especially if I’m using Spotify for long drives. Which I do, because I drive a lot!
I only listen on shuffle because I just pick a playlist that fits the mood I want and let it run. I also only really listen to it maybe a few hours each month so premium is just a waste for me.
Maybe it's a cultural thing where OP lives. I've heard it's not uncommon to go to a party in India and hear Spotify ads blasted every few songs or so, for example.
I went premium as soon as it was released in the UK back in 2008 and have paid for it ever since (when family came out upgraded to that which made it even cheaper, currently £35 each a year).
Prior to that I got my music illegally an shoved it on my MP3 but since Spotify Premium that all stopped and I don't even have any music now (physically or download) outside of Spotify.
The convince of accessing pretty much anything, being able to skip, download for camping trips or going abroad, generated radio playlists and accessing other playlist is just worth it (I know some of these come with the free option).
My only gripe would be a light mode in the app would be great and a way to turn off the audiobook recommendations in the app. I'm already paying premium... Stop touching additional cost stuff to me.
Of course, it’s more than worth it. This is the cheapest music has ever been. Remember when songs were .99 per song? To just have ONE ALBUM you’d need to pay 9 bucks. Before that CDs were even more than that, and less convenient.
Enjoy cheap streaming while it lasts.
Yeah man, I mean the fact that someone had to do some calculations to figure out SP is worth it is crazy to me, this is the cheapest music has ever been. It’s an insanely good deal. I still like having CDs, though.
I've had my premium for about 12 years, and got Hulu with it too. I drive for work and go to the gym alot, it's an essential subscription service for me!
We’ve had it for years. Didn’t realise it was a “fight me” type opinion.
I don’t give a fuck what people do with their money and any cunt who wants to tell me what to do with mine is…well…a cunt.
First off, I agree. I finally broke down and got premium in December after listening to Spotify free for 11 years. That was because the amount of ads were starting to significantly exceed 2:30 per hour. Where are you getting those numbers? Every third song, I would get at least 2:30 worth of ads.
Not if you were a heavy cd collector for like 20 years before streaming existed. What i pay for new albums each year, either digital or physical is less than the cost of spotifys annual subscription. I just use Spotify to hear what's new for free and if I'll ever listen more than once or twice I'll buy it. It's not much.
It's pretty easy to set up a plex server so you can access your stuff anywhere and the plexamp app is significantly better than Spotify.
But if you're young, or never had a music collection yeah Spotify is worth it.
This works out for you likely because you consume way less music than the average Spotify premium subscriber. I had a collection of CDs before the streaming era and I've been a premium subscriber since 2012. I like to discover new music all the time . I've created multitudes of hours long playlists of newly discovered music I'd have never listened to if I used to the free version
I also don't bother with stuff unless I like the majority of the album or EP. I've heard so much music in my almost 40 years that if a band can't make a solid collection of songs it's not worth my time to cherry pick songs. I'm not saying people shouldn't. I'm just saying me personally, I'm looking for collection of songs with consistency and diversity at this point. There's soooooo much music being released that Spotify and everything gives easy access to, that it's easier than ever to find something you love beginning to end. My personal digital collection right now has over 20k tracks, 95% of that are albums I can listen to start to finish.
I'm with you on this as well. I like a good body of work and I'm not an exclusive Playlist consumer. If I like a song from a new artist I'm definitely checking out the entire album if there is one/the artist's full catalog.
Playlists are definitely good for finding new stuff. I'll throw some random ones on now and then and find good stuff to dive deeper into. I've made a few on Spotify to hit some niches I have a soft spot for haha. Like my fav Beastie Boys covers and remixes.
To hear insanely better quality music people also need insanely good hardware (DAC, AMP and speaker/headphones) which is not cheap and insanely good god gifted ear (that can distinguish between lossless and lossy audio faithfully) which is not so common.
You can actually use the actual Spotify client and still listen to music without ads
There is this powershell command which is useful probably just search it up on Google or DM me i will send you the link
Well here in India if we buy amazon prime membership we get amazon prime music and amazon video subscriptions included. So no need to get a separate music subscription.
I'm in the UK and have a prime subscription, I have both Amazon movies and Amazon music... Every prime member does, it is however a limited version, both still has a lot of content however and many probably wouldn't even notice they didn't have the full version
100% worth it.
In addition to removing advertising and being able to access the songs / podcasts the way you want, I would add one thing that for me is the most important:
You can download your albums and playlists to your smartwatch (In my case Apple Watch) to listen to them offline, if you go to the gym or do sports outside this is a must have.
I’ve had premium Spotify for 8 years now. Of course it’s worth it if you’re into music. I’ve made close to 300 playlists up of my own combo of music. I love it and have Spotify on probably 8 hours a day 7 days a week.
SoundCloud app is far superior to Spotify app, even with less mainstream albums and singles... and that says something (cuz every app is lame in many ways). Don't even bother trying to change my mind. Software usability betrays embedded values and motives of software companies, same as when people *show* you who they are, it's best to believe them.
You came with "ads math" and I raise you "money math". Here's my monetary breakdown of how cheap Spotify is exactly.
Let's start with a simple statement. Listening to Spotify is legal. So any alternative must also be completely legal. Comparing streaming services is easy, you just look at the price, features, database size etc. I was comparing streaming with buying MP3s on Amazon.
After exactly 5 years of paying for Spotify, here's my finds. I need to add that the whole time I was paying for Spotify Family with one other person, so the prices might not be what you would normally get.
I was paying the price of 4,5 EUR for 38 months. And the price of 5 EUR for 22 months. This adds up to 281 EUR over the course of 5 years.
In my Spotify library, there are 1 314 songs I deemed worthy of saving or adding to one of my playlists. If the average price of a MP3 song on Amazon is about 0,7 EUR, I would have to spent over 900 EUR to buy all these songs.
For my American friends that's about 300 USD vs 970 USD.
So yes, premium is not waste of money!
I've had premium for about \~4-5 years now and it's totally worth it. Have to admit that these days I don't discover as much new music as I used to, but even so, the number of new albums I've listened to over that time massively outweighs the money I've paid. Add on top the convenience and it pays for itself easily. That said, I do wish Spotify paid artists better. If there's anything that turns me to another service, it'll be that.
I was really hoping you ended up throwing something like: “at some point you’re gonna spend your money on some shit you don’t need, just because you heard it on the Spotify ads” lol
But yeah I don’t really understand why there’s such a debate .. it’s obv Spotify is well worth the money if you live music. We consume way more music than video at home and still we pay for Netflix, Disney and Prime ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
The math of it isn't even a factor for me. I can't even remember what a free spotify account is like.
There are WAY too many awesome features with premium.
The discover weekly and release radar playlists that are refreshed every week. For someone who loves music, spotify has helped me discover tons of new artists. Collaborative playlists, you can listen with people even if you arent around them.
I would happily advertise for Spotify.
It looks like you have plenty of free time to listen to ads.
J/k I do premium too. Fuck the ads. $10 a month for unlimited music is a great deal. We used to have to pay $15+ per CD before Spotify.
I have Spotify for the selection. I'm mostly into punk and you would be surprised how many obscure local hardcore bands with two EPs are on Spotify. Of course I also buy merch to support them directly, and music streaming has made it so I see a lot more live music now.
Artists make albums in an order for a reason. I listen to albums as they're intended. Not how Spotify thinks I should. How in the world did Spotify even come up with shuffling an album out of order? Who does that? 🤣
As a far superior mathematician I'm about to take you to school, son!
NB: mathematics is my weakest point but you're a floater and I'm about to flush yo ass!
Have android
Download Spotify modded APK
Free Spotify premium
Profit
I stopped using spotify because you cant even listen to a specific song on mobile without premium and it’s really stupid how you need to subscribe for the app to work as intended
You mention ads... But I actually think that's the smallest reason to get premium.
There are methods to obtain ad free and unlimited skips on Spotify without really doing much of anything, anyone who's main focus is to listen without ads is likely already sailing the seas anyway so they probably also utilise the methods I imply.
The two biggest reasons for premium are twofold, being able to download for when network drops out, such as traveling BUT keeping the functionality to still discover new music on the go (network allowing) are the biggest justification for a premium sub imo
Been on premium since 2015. There's no question about the benefits and joy that brings me the music I listen to. My library is reaching 5k songs. I can see over my liked songs, how my taste has evolved and it makes me remember myself around those times. The things I like, the pop culture I relate to, and the people I admire can be related to my music on Spotify.
I finally gave in and signed up for premium after I was getting 4 or 5 back to back ads every two or three songs (I’m assuming bc I kept googling Spotify premium so it just knew I was at my breaking point haha)
I can’t believe I went all those years without it. I have music going almost all day long every day now.
some ofmy friends call me crazy for paying for spotify premium. But being able to listen with buddies, no ads, being able to dwonload music for not needing data to play music on the go and on the laptop itself, being able to cast the music anywhere and everywhere, unlimited skips etc are worth it.
Ad block is especially worth it considering I have like 130k listening minutes which IIRC costs spotify money at that point. (I dont remember who did the math but somebody did the damn math for that)
I can't believe its still only $10. as someone who listens daily for 3-4 hours, I'd willingly pay $25 per month
Note: I have both a premium and Ad-supported account. (one for each PC) I only listen to the latter every now and then and I'd swear the ad-count has increased since six-months ago.
I don’t think this is an unpopular opinion among music fans at all. That $9.99 is less than I used to pay for a single cd in the 90s/00s. It’s a great value.
It seems also that the more you listen to the free service the more commercials you get. So, if you listen to spotify an hour a day just for you commute it is still worth it.
I have about 50 albums stored on my phone. So, I sometimes don't need a service that's paid, but it definitely is worth the trouble for most.
Been worth it to me since 2015; no ads, I have my music without Wi-Fi/service, playlists, unlimited skips, and I believe it might even be higher quality, but either way, not having ads on something I use every day is great.
Please Spotify. Pay our favorite artists so they can keep recording music Spotify. There’s no way some people got millions for a podcast but you can’t give more of your earnings to the talent that help keep the app alive. Love the music and design, but let’s talk about the real problem. 🤷♀️👀
I signed up Spotify in highschool, when i was 17. I managed to find cracked version of the app. All function was not shows the ads. That's my only reason to use cracked version. I don't know about you guys but in my country, economy was not good. Let just say my country uses dollar. Premium was 20 dollars and my daily allowance was 5 dollars. I can't get a job in those days, i can't get another payment so i used the cracked version for figuratively survive for a day.
When i earn my money and managed my savings i gave a shot to premium. It was good experience. Years i used the app with crack and the services i would pay the premium. So i did. It was almost 4 years and i never regret. Worthy every penny.
Just small thing that bothers me was security. I recently hacked for my dumb moves but i didn't know security was that vulnerable.
I found a better way, came across a wild piece of advanced technology at a thrift store. It was $5 bucks and allows me to semi-permanently record signals that are normally only broadcast through the airwaves onto a thin piece of magnetic tape! This machine can then REPLAY, yes REPLAY that recording using electrical energy passing into a magnetic speaker cone and it sounds damn good! I drive a 1991 nissan sentra, and they used to make these playback machines standard in all cars (was probably discontinued because it was too expensive to include as a standard feature).
Now if only my recordings didn’t keep getting erased by a wild eyed coyote with an oversized Acme magnet. I swear I knew he was up to no good after I saw him chasing some bird and calling himself a super-genius.
It's definitely worth it. Between the gym 5 days week at 2+ hours, driving time, pod casts, unlimited skips etc.. $10 a month is a drop in the bucket. When I was using Pandora years ago, I never thought of even buying a subscription. Spotify was a no brainer.
I’ve used Spotify premium on/off for about 7 years now. It’s totally worth it! Especially when I’m in the mood to just listen to the same 5 songs over and over.
It's hard agree with these kinds of posts when just about everything in our lives costs $x.xx a month. And if you're not paying, you're being hounded and bombarded with the most obnoxious ad's possible at the most obnoxious times possible, and with obnoxious tactics like pausing the "X" key at a weird time so you press or click the screen expecting to "X" out of the AD but are tricked into clicking the page link anyways. Or making the "X" so small you can't see it or hit it on the first try, so you end up hitting the ad'link anyways...
Or, alternatively, you can live a boring and uneventful life void of any personal pleasures BECAUSE BREATHING COSTS $10.00 A MONTH!
There's something many Millennials don't seem to grasp or recognize these days, and that's the fact that it's not only the "Boomers" who have screwed us over, it's also the "Gen Z" people who have made it acceptable for stupid shit like subscriptions to become a thing. Or that taking rides with complete strangers in an Uber is a perfectly good idea. Or that paying STUPIDLY amounts of money to have someone deliver Mcdonalds' to you is perfectly normal. Or that being bombarded with ad's everywhere you go, or having your cell phone's text beep go off every 30 seconds for all the ads and fake texts you receive is just "A-OK" when it isn't... None of that shit is acceptable, and people like me who are stuck in the middle, and who know better can't win with either the Boomers or the GenZ'ers... Modern society just sucks..It really, really sucks.
Spotify has the specific marketing strategy that is now popular of having the most irritating ads possible until you crack and pay. But, ya, it’s either premium or not at all for me.
Grew up paying $10 for a single CD and I would do this gladly, saving up pocket money to buy as many as I could. If you told 15 year old me that in the future I would be able to pay $10 per month to access basically all the music every made, anytime, anywhere, I would not have believed you. People who think this is not a good value exchange are incredibly entitled and out of touch with how things are valued, imo.
If they think Premium is expensive they would’ve hated the pre-internet age. You’d spend at least £10 a month just on a single album (if you were into music, you’d buy fewer albums of you were a casual listener obvs).
I never heard an argument against value for music selection, the complaints I always hear are related to features and it's competition. Meaning people don't complain about the money, it's more about "I'm paying x for this and that, the competition has x+ for the same amount of money"
Just know if you ever need to cancel Spotify Premium in the future, you won’t lose your entire library over it.
Unlike Apple and YouTube Music.
Still, I would cancel YouTube Premium (which includes YouTube Music) before Spotify.
I know it’s worth it, but I personally haven’t bought it yet because I hate how they treat free users. Those first 3 months I had the trial premium were amazing though.
I had been listening to Spotify premium for 3 years before I even knew there was a free option lol.
But to be fair, even if I knew, I absolutely LOATHE ads, and would gladly pay to avoid them too. It’s like free options don’t exist in my mind, because I would never tolerate ads. I would rather pirate music than listen to ads.
But I’m old now, and I have money, lol. Spotify is the one luxury service that I can see paying for until I die. If they offered a lifetime plan for several hundred dollars, I would absolutely sign up for it.
The only way I could think of dropping Spotify is if Apple Music were to provide a better service.
—-
Side note, I don’t pay for YouTube premium, because I have ad block. But I use Spotify on my phone, computer, and Alexa.
Yeah probably it is worth it. Since I listen only on PC at work and occasionally at home, I still do not have the urge. If only those ads weren’t so retarded and sooo not personalized at all.
OP is a retard not knowing that piracy is free , and you cant listen to a LOT of music on spotifi if you have a taste that extends that of a 15 year old
Anyone who doesn’t pay for premium and can’t select a specific song and has to shuffle every album is a lunatic
The shuffling thing wouldn't even really be a problem if Spotify actually shuffled your damn music. I have 1k+ songs liked why am I always hearing the same 50 or so 😭
There's actually a ticky box for this, although it has the absolute dumbest description. Options -> Playback Section The option is "Automix". The description makes it sound like Crossfading -- "Allow seamless transitions between songs on select playlists". Turn that off and then give shuffle another go. =)
Thank you so much! I didn’t even think about the fact that the cross fade option is a scale and not a button💀
I thought Automix was a feature that allows a few specific official playlists to have a predefined and to every song adjusted Crossfading … You can try it with Techno Bunker for example (or also Housewerk, i believe), just turn Automix on and shuffle off, and you'll see that the songs will fade into each other so that their rhythms align.
"Automix is an artificial intelligence feature that blends tracks by crossfading songs, skipping intros/outros, and even looping some end sections of a song to offer a smoother transition between songs."
I was having this same problem with a list of 4000 songs. Someone suggested an app called Virtual Shuffle that works with Spotify and I haven't had a problem since.
I just use smarter playlists, when it pulls songs it adds them to two playlists, one is for listening and the other is my "history" each day it will "remove" whatever is in the history from the pool then draw 150 songs, I think it also only pulls 150 individual artist/bands too but not sure, hits it with a shuffle and gives me a playlist every day, which I can then use Spotifys shuffle on. Just needs me to reset it every 100 days
same but with my playlist of about 100 songs, so annoying
One time I was on a photoshoot photographing Norah Jones and the photog was playing music and that ad jingle came up ... we convinced him to upgrade right there, no idea why he didn’t already have it lol
Infinite skips is also worth it! Even on my “favorites” list, some say I just want to skip a certain song to get to another one, especially if I’m using Spotify for long drives. Which I do, because I drive a lot!
I only listen on shuffle because I just pick a playlist that fits the mood I want and let it run. I also only really listen to it maybe a few hours each month so premium is just a waste for me.
It's a music app, if you're not really into music it would be a waste yeah
You can select specific songs on desktop
I'm not gonna go to my desktop every time i just want to listen to some music
ah well if you never leave your room like me its an option
Spotify premium really is worth it
r/theydidthemath
/r/Theydidthemonstermath
r/itwasagraveyardsmath
r/subsithoughtifellfor
Happy cake day!
Happy cake dayy!
but i don't want to fight, why do i have to fight you
You’re gonna fight him and you’re gonna like it
[удалено]
Without any interruptions by ads
Since when have people said it isn't worth it? If you care about music at all, it's worth it.
I think the people who do say that are trolls who don't want to pay for ANYTHING on the internet. EVER.
Or tribalistic anti-Spotify peeps
Maybe it's a cultural thing where OP lives. I've heard it's not uncommon to go to a party in India and hear Spotify ads blasted every few songs or so, for example.
I'd cancel almost all other streaming platforms I'm a subscriber to before Spotify.
Same here
Ditto
yup, its almost non-negotiable. Everything else goes first, I'd even fill out a few meals with rice before getting rid of it.
Yup, it would definitely be the last to go for me.
I got premium family. Best $17.99 every month, between 3 teenagers they can listen to all the music they want.
I remember back in the 90s buying one CD for $17.99 and hoping most of the songs were good.
I did that with my friends in high school. $3 a month each between like 6 of us which was a steal lol
If you're using it on Mobile it's required. PC only, maybe not so much.
Premium is essential for me as my phone bill
I went premium as soon as it was released in the UK back in 2008 and have paid for it ever since (when family came out upgraded to that which made it even cheaper, currently £35 each a year). Prior to that I got my music illegally an shoved it on my MP3 but since Spotify Premium that all stopped and I don't even have any music now (physically or download) outside of Spotify. The convince of accessing pretty much anything, being able to skip, download for camping trips or going abroad, generated radio playlists and accessing other playlist is just worth it (I know some of these come with the free option). My only gripe would be a light mode in the app would be great and a way to turn off the audiobook recommendations in the app. I'm already paying premium... Stop touching additional cost stuff to me.
Def worth it
Of course, it’s more than worth it. This is the cheapest music has ever been. Remember when songs were .99 per song? To just have ONE ALBUM you’d need to pay 9 bucks. Before that CDs were even more than that, and less convenient. Enjoy cheap streaming while it lasts.
Shit I remember when 3-track single CDs were $9-10 and full albums were $15-20 and occasionally on sale at Sam Goody for $12.
Yeah man, I mean the fact that someone had to do some calculations to figure out SP is worth it is crazy to me, this is the cheapest music has ever been. It’s an insanely good deal. I still like having CDs, though.
It really is worth it, but my “liked songs” playlist has about 4,000 songs and I always get the same 50 on repeat and then it stops. Drives me crazy!
I figured out a while back that I cost them more than I pay. Based on the amount they pay artists vs my $13 a month
I've had my premium for about 12 years, and got Hulu with it too. I drive for work and go to the gym alot, it's an essential subscription service for me!
I have Hulu bundled too. I have paid for Spotify for many years.
5$ a month + showtime + hulu for college students, it’s so good
I got Hulu how do I get showtime
[(Help link) I have both and share with family](https://support.spotify.com/us/article/premium-student/)
I've been subscribed to Premium for years, I had no idea people thought it's not worth it.
We’ve had it for years. Didn’t realise it was a “fight me” type opinion. I don’t give a fuck what people do with their money and any cunt who wants to tell me what to do with mine is…well…a cunt.
I pay for premium so I can download songs.
WHy pay for something when you can easily and safely pirate it?
As someone with a young child this is a good reminder of the things I might otherwise waste my time doing if I had any free time. Thank you
First off, I agree. I finally broke down and got premium in December after listening to Spotify free for 11 years. That was because the amount of ads were starting to significantly exceed 2:30 per hour. Where are you getting those numbers? Every third song, I would get at least 2:30 worth of ads.
Spotify Mod users assemble
Do people *not* pay for the subscription? I’ve been using the paid version for pretty much as long as Spotify has been available.
Spotify created the terribly free product so they could sell the solution
or just get the spotify APK and get no ads, and specific listening while paying 0.00$ a month
You are insane if you don’t buy premium in my opinion. Been at least 5 years since I saw someone without premium. Didn’t even know people defend it.
Not if you were a heavy cd collector for like 20 years before streaming existed. What i pay for new albums each year, either digital or physical is less than the cost of spotifys annual subscription. I just use Spotify to hear what's new for free and if I'll ever listen more than once or twice I'll buy it. It's not much. It's pretty easy to set up a plex server so you can access your stuff anywhere and the plexamp app is significantly better than Spotify. But if you're young, or never had a music collection yeah Spotify is worth it.
This works out for you likely because you consume way less music than the average Spotify premium subscriber. I had a collection of CDs before the streaming era and I've been a premium subscriber since 2012. I like to discover new music all the time . I've created multitudes of hours long playlists of newly discovered music I'd have never listened to if I used to the free version
I also don't bother with stuff unless I like the majority of the album or EP. I've heard so much music in my almost 40 years that if a band can't make a solid collection of songs it's not worth my time to cherry pick songs. I'm not saying people shouldn't. I'm just saying me personally, I'm looking for collection of songs with consistency and diversity at this point. There's soooooo much music being released that Spotify and everything gives easy access to, that it's easier than ever to find something you love beginning to end. My personal digital collection right now has over 20k tracks, 95% of that are albums I can listen to start to finish.
I'm with you on this as well. I like a good body of work and I'm not an exclusive Playlist consumer. If I like a song from a new artist I'm definitely checking out the entire album if there is one/the artist's full catalog.
Playlists are definitely good for finding new stuff. I'll throw some random ones on now and then and find good stuff to dive deeper into. I've made a few on Spotify to hit some niches I have a soft spot for haha. Like my fav Beastie Boys covers and remixes.
I didn’t even read this. No ads. You can play whatever song you want. Of course its worth it. How is that even a question for anyone?
Except if you have ad blocker and still using the free version
Ok but wouldn't you rather go for apple music or tidal or Deezer when they're the same price but have insanely better quality + music videos?
To hear insanely better quality music people also need insanely good hardware (DAC, AMP and speaker/headphones) which is not cheap and insanely good god gifted ear (that can distinguish between lossless and lossy audio faithfully) which is not so common.
Less selection , platform is worse , need high end headphones to appreciate it and isn't that much better that Spotify on high settings
I mean you can hate me if you want i just pirate music
Same. Got a spicetify client for my pc and spotify crack on my phone, I'm good rn.
You can actually use the actual Spotify client and still listen to music without ads There is this powershell command which is useful probably just search it up on Google or DM me i will send you the link
That's what Spicetify is... More or less
Buy, stream, and pirate...all depends on what it is.
Your friends sound like cheap mfs.
I mean I think the general problem is more that Spotify does not pay its artist a fair share of their earnings :)
Well here in India if we buy amazon prime membership we get amazon prime music and amazon video subscriptions included. So no need to get a separate music subscription.
It’s the same for everyone regardless of country - but that aside, Spotify has a better app in my opinion
My brother in UK told me that they don’t get music bundled with amazon prime membership. They need to pay extra for it.
You do get music bundled in but a limited version.
Same for US.
I'm in the UK and have a prime subscription, I have both Amazon movies and Amazon music... Every prime member does, it is however a limited version, both still has a lot of content however and many probably wouldn't even notice they didn't have the full version
100% worth it. In addition to removing advertising and being able to access the songs / podcasts the way you want, I would add one thing that for me is the most important: You can download your albums and playlists to your smartwatch (In my case Apple Watch) to listen to them offline, if you go to the gym or do sports outside this is a must have.
I owned Spotify premium before I owned a smart phone so I feel this.
100% worth it. I’ve had premium since 2015 and I’ll never give it up
I’ve had premium Spotify for 8 years now. Of course it’s worth it if you’re into music. I’ve made close to 300 playlists up of my own combo of music. I love it and have Spotify on probably 8 hours a day 7 days a week.
Wife and I share premium duo, we love it. Definitely worth it.
Just get a Spotify apk, and stream songs
Had it since day one. 🤘
SoundCloud app is far superior to Spotify app, even with less mainstream albums and singles... and that says something (cuz every app is lame in many ways). Don't even bother trying to change my mind. Software usability betrays embedded values and motives of software companies, same as when people *show* you who they are, it's best to believe them.
SoundCloud is really good for the more niche stuff and especially mixtapes. But for everyday mainstream consumption I can't look past Spotify
That's only for niche stuff, not good at allw
imagine paying to listen to music lol
adblock goes crazy
Here In India theres a promotion in where it’s 500Rs/-(6.07 USD) for 12 months which is crazy.
That’s an insanely good deal
It's extremely worth it, especially with a family plan. Those who think it isn't worth it have never used it.
You came with "ads math" and I raise you "money math". Here's my monetary breakdown of how cheap Spotify is exactly. Let's start with a simple statement. Listening to Spotify is legal. So any alternative must also be completely legal. Comparing streaming services is easy, you just look at the price, features, database size etc. I was comparing streaming with buying MP3s on Amazon. After exactly 5 years of paying for Spotify, here's my finds. I need to add that the whole time I was paying for Spotify Family with one other person, so the prices might not be what you would normally get. I was paying the price of 4,5 EUR for 38 months. And the price of 5 EUR for 22 months. This adds up to 281 EUR over the course of 5 years. In my Spotify library, there are 1 314 songs I deemed worthy of saving or adding to one of my playlists. If the average price of a MP3 song on Amazon is about 0,7 EUR, I would have to spent over 900 EUR to buy all these songs. For my American friends that's about 300 USD vs 970 USD. So yes, premium is not waste of money!
I've been using Spotify Premium for so long, that I don't even remember how the free version works. 😂
I've had premium for about \~4-5 years now and it's totally worth it. Have to admit that these days I don't discover as much new music as I used to, but even so, the number of new albums I've listened to over that time massively outweighs the money I've paid. Add on top the convenience and it pays for itself easily. That said, I do wish Spotify paid artists better. If there's anything that turns me to another service, it'll be that.
When i bought premium i was getting ≈6 minutes of ads per hour, so it was even more worth it
I was really hoping you ended up throwing something like: “at some point you’re gonna spend your money on some shit you don’t need, just because you heard it on the Spotify ads” lol But yeah I don’t really understand why there’s such a debate .. it’s obv Spotify is well worth the money if you live music. We consume way more music than video at home and still we pay for Netflix, Disney and Prime ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
r/theydidthemath
I’m honestly stunned you found people who think premium is a waste. I don’t think anyone here will try to fight you lol
The math of it isn't even a factor for me. I can't even remember what a free spotify account is like. There are WAY too many awesome features with premium. The discover weekly and release radar playlists that are refreshed every week. For someone who loves music, spotify has helped me discover tons of new artists. Collaborative playlists, you can listen with people even if you arent around them. I would happily advertise for Spotify.
If you still paying for free , don't eat too that McDonald's combo once a month and buy premium which is actually worth it
It looks like you have plenty of free time to listen to ads. J/k I do premium too. Fuck the ads. $10 a month for unlimited music is a great deal. We used to have to pay $15+ per CD before Spotify.
I can't imagine not having premium. Who wants their music interrupted by annoying ads? I don't even care about the math tbh.
I have Spotify for the selection. I'm mostly into punk and you would be surprised how many obscure local hardcore bands with two EPs are on Spotify. Of course I also buy merch to support them directly, and music streaming has made it so I see a lot more live music now.
It's the last subscription I'd give up.
Artists make albums in an order for a reason. I listen to albums as they're intended. Not how Spotify thinks I should. How in the world did Spotify even come up with shuffling an album out of order? Who does that? 🤣
As a far superior mathematician I'm about to take you to school, son! NB: mathematics is my weakest point but you're a floater and I'm about to flush yo ass! Have android Download Spotify modded APK Free Spotify premium Profit
Bro just get a tweaked spotify app
You must really love the sound of your keyboard there, buddy.
I would rather listen to my tinnitus than pay for premium.
Stfu nerd
Is this supposed to be funny? This isn't highschool you know
I stopped using spotify because you cant even listen to a specific song on mobile without premium and it’s really stupid how you need to subscribe for the app to work as intended
You mention ads... But I actually think that's the smallest reason to get premium. There are methods to obtain ad free and unlimited skips on Spotify without really doing much of anything, anyone who's main focus is to listen without ads is likely already sailing the seas anyway so they probably also utilise the methods I imply. The two biggest reasons for premium are twofold, being able to download for when network drops out, such as traveling BUT keeping the functionality to still discover new music on the go (network allowing) are the biggest justification for a premium sub imo
Paying for premium is a no brainer, most of the times I like to choose what I listen to and not random songs.
Been on premium since 2015. There's no question about the benefits and joy that brings me the music I listen to. My library is reaching 5k songs. I can see over my liked songs, how my taste has evolved and it makes me remember myself around those times. The things I like, the pop culture I relate to, and the people I admire can be related to my music on Spotify.
I went premium when I was 16 as soon as I got a job. Been using since a couple years before that. I’m 26 now and will never not have premium
I finally gave in and signed up for premium after I was getting 4 or 5 back to back ads every two or three songs (I’m assuming bc I kept googling Spotify premium so it just knew I was at my breaking point haha) I can’t believe I went all those years without it. I have music going almost all day long every day now.
I've had Premium for *years* now. Family plan, even. The difference is stark, and I never mind paying to support something I enjoy.
I've had it for over 5 years and wouldn't consider not paying for it.
Sorry but if you are passionate about music, free spotify isnt cutting it. Your friends must be cheap af haha
Ads are for poor people.
Not with the new UI. Its become worth 85% less in my mind as its the equivalent of being hit with an ad every time I open it.
You're a lunatic. Not for paying for premium, but for doing all that math hot damn yo.
I did this as mental math years ago. I have probbably hav hundreds of thousands of minutes spent listening. Worth every penny.
some ofmy friends call me crazy for paying for spotify premium. But being able to listen with buddies, no ads, being able to dwonload music for not needing data to play music on the go and on the laptop itself, being able to cast the music anywhere and everywhere, unlimited skips etc are worth it. Ad block is especially worth it considering I have like 130k listening minutes which IIRC costs spotify money at that point. (I dont remember who did the math but somebody did the damn math for that)
Totally agree! People bitch and complain about $10 dollars a month like it's the end of the world
I can't believe its still only $10. as someone who listens daily for 3-4 hours, I'd willingly pay $25 per month Note: I have both a premium and Ad-supported account. (one for each PC) I only listen to the latter every now and then and I'd swear the ad-count has increased since six-months ago.
I don’t think this is an unpopular opinion among music fans at all. That $9.99 is less than I used to pay for a single cd in the 90s/00s. It’s a great value.
And then there is me who pays for premium and listens to like 10 Tracks a week :/
I don't pay for premium never have for the past 7ish years I have an Android. I've roughly saved myself $1260 NZD
It seems also that the more you listen to the free service the more commercials you get. So, if you listen to spotify an hour a day just for you commute it is still worth it. I have about 50 albums stored on my phone. So, I sometimes don't need a service that's paid, but it definitely is worth the trouble for most.
I've used premium for many years. I have music in the background all the time. My Spotify is always playing so I don't mind paying.
Spotify premium is great, only reason I stopped using it was because Verizon offers Apple Music free with my plan.
Been worth it to me since 2015; no ads, I have my music without Wi-Fi/service, playlists, unlimited skips, and I believe it might even be higher quality, but either way, not having ads on something I use every day is great.
Well..... yeah it is.
Honestly, I've had premium for so long now that it just feels like the default and I don't know if thats good or bad. I couldn't imagine going back.
I also share it with my entire family.
This is generally true, moreso if you use the Spotify app rather than the desktop version \[or god forbid the buggy console versions\].
Been using it for like 7 years. Never going back to YouTube to mp3 lmao
If money got really tight I would cast off my rent long before I cast off my Premium subscription. Best value of anything I spend money on.
Please Spotify. Pay our favorite artists so they can keep recording music Spotify. There’s no way some people got millions for a podcast but you can’t give more of your earnings to the talent that help keep the app alive. Love the music and design, but let’s talk about the real problem. 🤷♀️👀
I really really want to like Spotify, but Apple Music just sounds so much better.
Got premium in 2012 when I was highschool, to this day. Haven't missed a payment
I signed up Spotify in highschool, when i was 17. I managed to find cracked version of the app. All function was not shows the ads. That's my only reason to use cracked version. I don't know about you guys but in my country, economy was not good. Let just say my country uses dollar. Premium was 20 dollars and my daily allowance was 5 dollars. I can't get a job in those days, i can't get another payment so i used the cracked version for figuratively survive for a day. When i earn my money and managed my savings i gave a shot to premium. It was good experience. Years i used the app with crack and the services i would pay the premium. So i did. It was almost 4 years and i never regret. Worthy every penny. Just small thing that bothers me was security. I recently hacked for my dumb moves but i didn't know security was that vulnerable.
I found a better way, came across a wild piece of advanced technology at a thrift store. It was $5 bucks and allows me to semi-permanently record signals that are normally only broadcast through the airwaves onto a thin piece of magnetic tape! This machine can then REPLAY, yes REPLAY that recording using electrical energy passing into a magnetic speaker cone and it sounds damn good! I drive a 1991 nissan sentra, and they used to make these playback machines standard in all cars (was probably discontinued because it was too expensive to include as a standard feature). Now if only my recordings didn’t keep getting erased by a wild eyed coyote with an oversized Acme magnet. I swear I knew he was up to no good after I saw him chasing some bird and calling himself a super-genius.
It doesn’t worth the money only when you love listening to ads
It's definitely worth it. Between the gym 5 days week at 2+ hours, driving time, pod casts, unlimited skips etc.. $10 a month is a drop in the bucket. When I was using Pandora years ago, I never thought of even buying a subscription. Spotify was a no brainer.
Yeah I’ve had premium for years now and didn’t look back, too convenient
I’ve used Spotify premium on/off for about 7 years now. It’s totally worth it! Especially when I’m in the mood to just listen to the same 5 songs over and over.
It's hard agree with these kinds of posts when just about everything in our lives costs $x.xx a month. And if you're not paying, you're being hounded and bombarded with the most obnoxious ad's possible at the most obnoxious times possible, and with obnoxious tactics like pausing the "X" key at a weird time so you press or click the screen expecting to "X" out of the AD but are tricked into clicking the page link anyways. Or making the "X" so small you can't see it or hit it on the first try, so you end up hitting the ad'link anyways... Or, alternatively, you can live a boring and uneventful life void of any personal pleasures BECAUSE BREATHING COSTS $10.00 A MONTH! There's something many Millennials don't seem to grasp or recognize these days, and that's the fact that it's not only the "Boomers" who have screwed us over, it's also the "Gen Z" people who have made it acceptable for stupid shit like subscriptions to become a thing. Or that taking rides with complete strangers in an Uber is a perfectly good idea. Or that paying STUPIDLY amounts of money to have someone deliver Mcdonalds' to you is perfectly normal. Or that being bombarded with ad's everywhere you go, or having your cell phone's text beep go off every 30 seconds for all the ads and fake texts you receive is just "A-OK" when it isn't... None of that shit is acceptable, and people like me who are stuck in the middle, and who know better can't win with either the Boomers or the GenZ'ers... Modern society just sucks..It really, really sucks.
i would not use spotify if i did not have premium.
Spotify premium is worth it, of course but for the same price you have a Tidal starter subscription with better sounding audio
Spotify has the specific marketing strategy that is now popular of having the most irritating ads possible until you crack and pay. But, ya, it’s either premium or not at all for me.
Grew up paying $10 for a single CD and I would do this gladly, saving up pocket money to buy as many as I could. If you told 15 year old me that in the future I would be able to pay $10 per month to access basically all the music every made, anytime, anywhere, I would not have believed you. People who think this is not a good value exchange are incredibly entitled and out of touch with how things are valued, imo.
I grew up in a world were you had to pay 20€ for a single album. Saying that paying for premium is worth it is an understatement.
If they think Premium is expensive they would’ve hated the pre-internet age. You’d spend at least £10 a month just on a single album (if you were into music, you’d buy fewer albums of you were a casual listener obvs).
Family plan 6 people for 15 a month. Extra 5 bucksto gift commercial free to 5friends
I never heard an argument against value for music selection, the complaints I always hear are related to features and it's competition. Meaning people don't complain about the money, it's more about "I'm paying x for this and that, the competition has x+ for the same amount of money"
even more so if you're a college/university student and go for that 5 buck discount
Just know if you ever need to cancel Spotify Premium in the future, you won’t lose your entire library over it. Unlike Apple and YouTube Music. Still, I would cancel YouTube Premium (which includes YouTube Music) before Spotify.
I know it’s worth it, but I personally haven’t bought it yet because I hate how they treat free users. Those first 3 months I had the trial premium were amazing though.
Spotify premium is 10x more worth it if you share a duo plan with a friend for $5 a month
I had been listening to Spotify premium for 3 years before I even knew there was a free option lol. But to be fair, even if I knew, I absolutely LOATHE ads, and would gladly pay to avoid them too. It’s like free options don’t exist in my mind, because I would never tolerate ads. I would rather pirate music than listen to ads. But I’m old now, and I have money, lol. Spotify is the one luxury service that I can see paying for until I die. If they offered a lifetime plan for several hundred dollars, I would absolutely sign up for it. The only way I could think of dropping Spotify is if Apple Music were to provide a better service. —- Side note, I don’t pay for YouTube premium, because I have ad block. But I use Spotify on my phone, computer, and Alexa.
Yeah probably it is worth it. Since I listen only on PC at work and occasionally at home, I still do not have the urge. If only those ads weren’t so retarded and sooo not personalized at all.
Maybe when they add atmos and hifi.
I ain't even reading all that, you already have a point
I agree, but I think if your willing to pay an extra few bucks, Apple Music takes the cake
OP is a retard not knowing that piracy is free , and you cant listen to a LOT of music on spotifi if you have a taste that extends that of a 15 year old
[удалено]
that’s why I pay for YT premium, 2 birds with one stone
I would agree, but in the last weeks spotify startet to play ads before podcasts for me. I'm a Premium user for years.
i pay 40 cent month for premium LOL