I have used Spotify for years, in spite of the fact that they pay artists terribly - the reason for this was that out of all the streaming services, they had the largest and most complete weekly playlist of new releases.
Having a new release playlist like this is quite important for DJs (or people who curate popular playlists… or people who just like music). I searched online and found that people have made posts on reddit stating that their new release playlists have also been severely limited.
After going to the Spotify forums, I came upon the bullshit I have linked, in which a Spotify employee tells everyone complaining that the playlist has always been limited to 30 tracks, and if anyone received more it was a temporary glitch (despite people providing evidence of having 200 tracks for 5+ years), or was caused by external factors (??? lol).
Personally I hate it when companies do things like this. I am not sure whether they are trying to get their power users to quit, or if they truly believe that they can get away with lying so blatantly.
I have decided that I will no longer be supporting them. Figured I would share in case anyone needs to make a decision regarding which service to go with.
I don’t think mine was 200 either. Nor is/was discover weekly. And I have used both for years now for the purpose the post says, seeking new music for djing/playlists.
I wouldn’t be surprised if there was a bug that quietly inflated a certain percentage of playlists.
I think I’d like larger playlists for both playlists though!
Allegedly it was related to the number of artists you were following
Damn. They need to revert this change. I don’t get why they would have made it.
I’m also sad that everynoise was halted. Spotify, man. Their recommendations are their only strength.