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Spotify will now let free users pick and play tracks | TechCrunch (techcrunch.com)
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[–] _g_be@lemmy.world 20 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Nope. At some point spotify forced FREE users to shuffle play playlists. You couldn't pick which specific song you'll hear first. And with ads, obviously.

[–] CmdrShepard49@sh.itjust.works 6 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Damn, when I joined way back when, you could pick the track you wanted you just couldn't skip and had to hear ads. Being able to pick a track is the whole reason I moved away from Pandora.

[–] _g_be@lemmy.world 4 points 1 day ago (2 children)

I've recently moved away from Spotify and to Pandora, ironically.

Pandora premium let's you play whichever track you want, they are not longer exclusively stations, but their station algorithm is the reason I decided on them over other spotify alternatives

[–] acosmichippo@lemmy.world 3 points 23 hours ago (1 children)

pandora was the shit like 10-15 years ago.

[–] _g_be@lemmy.world 1 points 22 hours ago

me too ...

[–] ThunderQueen@lemmy.world 3 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I like tidal a lot. They pay their artists the highest percentage last i checked, and they have sound quality as their main selling point. The station algorithm is a little bunk though.

I am slowly rebuilding my mp3 library after switching to streaming 15 years ago when it was the hot new thing. Hopefully i can ditch them all together soon.

[–] weaselsrippedmyflesh@lemmy.pt 3 points 14 hours ago (1 children)

Right now, it's Qobuz that pays the most, and they also sport lossless audio formats as well. Tidal's still a good pick, as far as music streamers go, though.

[–] ThunderQueen@lemmy.world 1 points 9 hours ago

Neat, are they available in the US and as affordable as tidal?