![]() ![]() It was all too easy to hit 10,000 tracks doing that. When I find music I like, I add it to my library so I can find it again by scrolling through my library, and so additional algorithmic recommendations take it into account. I enjoy following the trail of related or recommended music to find new music from previously unknown artists. Regardless, many people in that discussion (and many other related threads) have said the limit is why they’re leaving Spotify, and it was the key reason for me to pay Apple instead of Spotify for music. A Spotify music collection is just a list of tracks, so it’s hard to imagine how allowing that list to exceed 10,000 could cause any problems. ![]() Spotify never explains why changing an arbitrary number in the code from 10,000 to 50,000 (Google Play Music’s limit) or 100,000 (Apple Music’s limit) would somehow hurt the experience for those who don’t want to save that many tracks. The current limit ensures a great experience for 99% of users instead of an “OK” experience for 100%. The reason is because less than 1% of users reach it. Several years after it started, Spotify staffĪt the moment we don’t have plans to extend the Your Music limit. In 2014, user takingbackbenny started a Spotify Community discussion devoted to the limit that has garnered over 4500 votes and generated 300 pages of comments from Spotify users who are shocked that the service would have such a limit. The limit isn’t new, though I didn’t know about it when I signed up for Spotify. This utterly arbitrary limit was a true deal-breaker. You read that right - despite the fact that Spotify is a streaming service that contains over 30 million tracks, you cannot add more than 10,000 to your collection. Losing lyrics was a blow, but the straw that broke the camel’s back was when I ran headfirst into Spotify’s 10,000 track limit. Musixmatch offers standalone Mac and iOS apps that can show lyrics for the currently playing song, but I found using them to be too much trouble most of the time. ![]() It was a great partnership and there is mutual respect between both companies as our business strategies move us each in different directions.Īlas, Spotify never brought back the lyrics feature. We can also confirm our partnership with Musixmatch is ending. Just a heads up that our Lyrics feature on desktop is currently unavailable as we’re making some big improvements to the feature. Spotify had been working with Musixmatch for lyrics, but said at the time: Spotify worked well for me for a while, but in May 2016, the lyrics feature disappeared. I also liked how SpotifyĬould display lyrics, a feature that wasn’t available in iTunes at the time. ![]() When Rdio went under, I switched to Spotify instead of Apple Music because Spotify’s interface was more focused on discovering and playing music, whereas iTunes was at a particularly low point in Apple’s interface experimentation. I stuck with Rdio because of its elegant interface even after testing out Apple Music during its free trial (see “ Retuning Rdio: Why I Dropped Apple Music,” 7 October 2015). The first service I used was the much-missed Rdio. Say what you will about the deluge of subscriptions, but I like subscribing to a streaming music service so I can explore music without the stress of having to decide if I want to buy any particular track. The 10,000 Track Limit: Why I Switched from Spotify to Apple Music #1643: New Mac mini and MacBook Pro models, new second-gen HomePod, security-focused OS updates, industry layoffs.#1644: Explaining Mastodon and the Fediverse, HomePod Software 16.3 and tvOS 16.3, GoTo breach.#1645: AirPlay iPhone to Mac for remote video, Siri learns to restart iPhones, Apple's Q1 2023 financials.1646: Security-focused OS updates, Photos Workbench review, Mastodon client wishlist, Apple-related conferences.1647: Focus-caused notification issues, site-specific browser examples, virtualizing Windows on M-series Macs. ![]()
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