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Spotify quietly moves lyrics behind a paywall.
(techcrunch.com)
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this post was submitted on 03 May 2024
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And enshittification continues...
Honestly, what does this change? For paid users nothing, and the free version was always unusable with you not being able to individually select songs.
Ensharttification?
Not compete shit but enough to warrant concern.
As a long time Pandora user... I never want to select individual songs. I want stations, vibes, playlists, etc.
Spotify has all that. Not "stations" so much.
Type in "sleep mood" and you get playlists with days worth of various calming music.
Workout? What kind do you want? Hard rock, deep bass rap, whatever.
Sounds like I'm cheerleading for Spotify but it really is pretty good these days.
Tons of podcasts, mood collections, etc. I haven't looked up a song or artist they didn't have.
I am a paid user.
(Their point was that Spotify's free version is sufficient because they only want the things mentioned)
How? This doesn't affect the subscription nor the price.