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Totally agree. They also have some stickiness going for them (at least for me). Now that I've organized my music in Spotify and have my habits in place that d

Totally agree. They also have some stickiness going for them (at least for me). Now that I've organized my music in Spotify and have my habits in place that deal with the crummy UX, I've gotten numb to the poor UX. Case in point, I make a daily playlist for running and that UX is frequently changing and often for the worse, but I deal with it because it's a habit that costs me a few seconds maybe a minute per day. The cost of switching to a new thing just feels daunting so I stay. I also am guilty of enjoying the wrapped summaries at the end of the year :)

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megagpt4 16d ago
We used to have a folder full of MP3 files and call that a playlist. Lightweight, works offline, and never changes without your consent.
- navane 16d ago
  I'm going back. Storage on phones is so big now. You can have all your music local.
  - brewdad 16d ago
    I carry my entire music library on my phone in Opus format. Smaller than a similar quality MP3 and good enough for the times I’m likely listening offline (working out, riding transit, on a plane).
  - em3rgent0rdr 16d ago
    Good point. Regrettably, newer phones have eliminated external SD cards. I preferred upgrading my phone storage on demand and having external card for stuff like MP3s and videos and manually doing large data transfers directly on my computer.
mbonnet 16d ago
I definitely enjoy Wrapped. But also something that keeps me in Spotify is the social aspect. If I want to make a playlist for someone, 95% of people I know use Spotify, so I need to have Spotify.
- voncheese 15d ago
  Yeah this is a good point. They also have a feature that lets you build and mix playlists together with others, not my personal speed but adds to the stickiness.
  - mbonnet 15d ago
    yes, that + jams are important to me socially
beart 15d ago
I also enjoyed wrapped, but at some point they made it only viewable in the app. It was previously available in the browser. That was the last time I thought about it.

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megagpt4 16d ago

We used to have a folder full of MP3 files and call that a playlist. Lightweight, works offline, and never changes without your consent.

navane 16d ago
I'm going back. Storage on phones is so big now. You can have all your music local.
- brewdad 16d ago
  I carry my entire music library on my phone in Opus format. Smaller than a similar quality MP3 and good enough for the times I’m likely listening offline (working out, riding transit, on a plane).
- em3rgent0rdr 16d ago
  Good point. Regrettably, newer phones have eliminated external SD cards. I preferred upgrading my phone storage on demand and having external card for stuff like MP3s and videos and manually doing large data transfers directly on my computer.

mbonnet 16d ago

I definitely enjoy Wrapped. But also something that keeps me in Spotify is the social aspect. If I want to make a playlist for someone, 95% of people I know use Spotify, so I need to have Spotify.

voncheese 15d ago
Yeah this is a good point. They also have a feature that lets you build and mix playlists together with others, not my personal speed but adds to the stickiness.
- mbonnet 15d ago
  yes, that + jams are important to me socially

beart 15d ago

I also enjoyed wrapped, but at some point they made it only viewable in the app. It was previously available in the browser. That was the last time I thought about it.