I despise the new library view, I cannot just double click my playlist folder to start playing anymore, I have to right click and go down to the play option now... Also feels very massive like it wasnt made for a mouse pointer. If it were up to me i'd revert to the old one in a heartbeat.

So tired of Spotify changing shit up constantly. I would’ve switched to Apple Music a long time ago if they’d just implement Chromecast support on their damn iOS app (doubt it will ever happen). Everyone on my family plan is too invested in Chromecasts/Google Speakers to swap over to AppleTVs/HomeHubs

It gets worse every update

Yay! Another enshittified product to replace with a federated one! @funkwhale here I come …

Seeing this makes me realize how little I actually use Spotify. Not to say the Desktop redesign looks bad but my only usage of Spotify is through their mobile app on Android. Since I never used the Desktop app before the redesign I can't say if its bad or not. Most, if not all, of my music listening is through either SoundCloud or Youtube.

Dont forget that Spotify abuses its market position by basically milking smaller artists dry.

Does anybody know of a good alternative that doesnt involve either storing hundreds of albums on CD or piracy?

Sounds like a good time to switch to resonate. There's (sadly) not that many artists there yet, but the pricing model is really cool (and doesn't exploit tne artists as much). And I guess the only way a platform like this will get more artists, is if it gets more listeners :)

For anyone not grttitthr update, apparently my installation was fucked and merely switching to the Windows Store version untucked it.
Now I have the new UI!

... And it's awful lol

My desktop client is busted as it's stuck in the previous iteration of the UI.

I really despise their constant UI updates.

Anyone from r/truespotify here? Lol.

Yeah, they tried to autoupdate me so I found an older version to install and disabled updates to that app through Windows lol.

I'm not a fan of the bubble aesthetic and cluttered appearance. Too many elements fighting for your attention when you open it.

Spotify has been shaving off utility and features for a while now, once I'm forced to actually change over from my old version I'll be going to look for an alternative.

Great to see some improvements. Hopefully it doesn't overly clutter the UI. On a side note, has anyone found the new AI DJ useful? Mine keeps playing k-pop even though I rarely if ever listen to k-pop. I've found myself just going back to daily mix 1.

I have a lot of mixed feelings about Spotify's UI choices, but I guess this is what Spicetify is for. 😅

One of the reasons I stopped using Spotify was the rather regular UI changes

I'll add to the minority that likes those changes. I don't use the desktop version that often and was pleasantly surprised :D I like having the library on the side. Especially that I do have quite a wide screen.

Such an improvement in my opinion. 90% of the time I am browsing my playlists. Now, instead of getting 20% of the screen space, they get a generous 70% almost! This small change makes me want to use Spotify desktop again.

I have no idea how they came to this decision, or whether I'm in the majority, but it makes me wonder: did they finally start to use the app usage analytics to improve their UX? Like looking at the most used functions in their app.

I like it. It looks much cleaner.

Can someone explain why Spotify desktop doesn’t support the new episodes playlist for podcasts? Biggest annoyance I have using it.