Manuel Moreale wrote about Spotify:

[T]hey keep adding all these bizarre new things that I’m always left wondering if I’m a very odd user and other people’s use of Spotify is so much different than mine. Like who watches video podcasts on Spotify? Why is a music app getting into videos?

I’ve not used any feature built by Spotify that didn’t directly relate to playing music as audio, nor do I know anyone that does. They’re more likely to get in my way, making them less than useless to me. And yes, this includes podcasts1.

Who knows, maybe 2025 is the year I jump off the Spotify ship.

I’ve said this before, but now that I’ve got the means of (legally) acquiring DRM-free music from mainstream artists, I may aim to do likewise.


  1. I consider myself awesome for introducing everyone I know to Pocket Casts and the open podcast ecosystem. 😛 ↩︎