• TrickDacy@lemmy.world
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    6 months ago

    The last thing I ever wanted from Spotify was audiobooks or podcasts. We’ve had excellent apps available for several years already, we don’t need half assed bloat added to (very poorly) replicate the same features

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      6 months ago

      The part is what drives me mad. Podcasts and audiobooks are not that hard to do properly. You could very easily separate them into distinct apps or at least a special tab that acts like a proper player. Instead audiobooks are basically albums.

      There’s a shuffle button.

      On an audiobook.

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          6 months ago

          Which for most people would give you a week of audiobooks to listen to in your commute to work.

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        6 months ago

        Yup this is what irks me most. I don’t think of audio books and music in the same context. Why the fuck are they mashing them together? Wrapped includes podcasts…

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      6 months ago

      It’s the dumb goal of tech bros to create an “everything app” that does everything you want.

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        6 months ago

        Why not use a free/cheap pocketing app designed for it specifically? All the podcast apps I’ve tried are far better than spotify. UI-wise at least.