Spotify: What are you waiting for?

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numbs: Jul 20, 2013; by XyloJW

I'm huge into music and I've been paying for Spotify for over 2 years. Totally worth it.

# ¿ Jul 20, 2013 16:27

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# ¿ Apr 28, 2024 11:10

numbs: Jul 20, 2013; by XyloJW

fivre posted:

Did a recent Spotify update disable click-through, i.e. clicking on an element in the application does not perform the action of that element, it only focuses the application?

This is how, if I remember correctly, how all Mac applications work, and technically better from a UX theory standpoint, but very annoying in Windows and Linux, where it's different from the behavior of every other goddamn application, which is a much worse crime.

Namely, my most common interaction with Spotify, double-clicking a track to switch to it, now has the awesome behavior of focusing the app with whatever track I had previously selected still highlighted, and then starting from the beginning of that track. Which, I guess, is actually two bugs, since that second click should count as selecting the track I did click on, not a double click.

Thanks, Spotify.

I've had Spotify for two years and I have no clue what you're going on about.

# ¿ Jul 30, 2013 22:13

numbs: Jul 20, 2013; by XyloJW

Torka posted:

I just got into Spotify Premium and it's great but I don't understand how it's profitable for anyone at the price they're charging me.

There are no radio-like mechanics like Last.fm has where you only get limited skips and can't request a specific song on demand, it's literally just a search engine of almost any song or album I can think of that isn't super obscure, streaming at 320kbps. How can they do that for $12 a month? Somebody's getting the shaft here and it isn't me.

Spotify pays out the majority (approaching 70%) of ALL of our revenue (advertising and subscription fees) to rights holders: artists, labels, publishers, and performing rights societies (e.g. ASCAP, BMI, etc.). In just three years since launching, Spotify has paid out over 500M USD in royalties.

Spotify has direct agreements with record labels, digital distributors, aggregators and publisher collecting societies, to whom we regularly pay royalties, and who then pay recording artists and songwriters according to their specific contractual agreements.

These agreements are subject to strict confidentiality requirements, but we recommend that artists reach out to their distributors to better understand the specific economics that apply to them.

In general, however, Spotify pays royalties in relation to an artist's popularity on the service. For example, we will pay out approximately 2% of our gross royalties for an artist whose music represents approximately 2% of what our users stream. A popular song or album can generate far more revenue for an artist over time than it historically would have from upfront unit sales.

In just three years since launching in select countries, we�ve already paid out royalties of more than $500 million USD. These royalty payouts are growing dramatically each year, reflecting our rapidly increasing popularity.

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# ¿ Aug 16, 2013 16:09

numbs: Jul 20, 2013; by XyloJW

What radio is better? Spotify or Pandora?

# ¿ Oct 7, 2013 01:53

numbs: Jul 20, 2013; by XyloJW

Brock Landers posted:

Pandora. Hands down.

That's what I've always thought.

# ¿ Oct 7, 2013 02:37

numbs: Jul 20, 2013; by XyloJW

How do you organize your music? I've had Spotify for 3 years and I love it, however I can't seem to find an effecient way to manage and organize my music.

# ¿ Oct 18, 2013 04:59

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# ¿ Apr 28, 2024 11:10

numbs: Jul 20, 2013; by XyloJW

Rexides posted:

Oh who cares about the new UI for the client, here, have a Spotify client that looks like Winamp.

(only premium accounts supported, it was written by a Spotify employee so you can trust it even though it is not officially supported by Spotify)

Wow, this is beautiful. Thanks for the share!

Now what's all the discussion about the new Spotify update? I haven't gotten it yet, but a new design sounds great.

# ¿ Dec 20, 2013 15:10

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