Spotify1.1.32.618.

This software constitutes a problem with privacy, not to mention pays out almost nothing to artists. I would rather buy music upfront.

Spotify is forbidden on my Macs. Here's why: It's rare to find a more invasive application. Spotify has FORCED macOS to open the app absolutely every time you boot your Mac. The only solution is to DELETE the application. I've dug around in the Library folders to kill off all traces of daemons, automatically loading processes, login items, ad nauseam. And yet, somehow Spotify found another method of FORCING Spotify to boot with the OS. Therefore: VERBOTEN! If a developer is this ABUSIVE of their users, their software has no place on my devices. Gone. A big [expletives deleted] to Spotify for creating the worst app I've used so far in 2018. Congratulations. Disturbing.

I don't use it on my Mac as many people say it's a CPU sucker.

The latest version introduces autoplay: if your chosen music finishes, Spotify will just put on some random music. It can be switched off but is on by default. Some may like that but I really, really hate it. If I want tot listen to random music I can turn on a radio.

Hard to tell, seeing that there is no info on the new release, so we're all left to wonder if it is addressing the little issue of continuously writing hundreds of gigabytes of needless data to your drive as is so eloquently explained here: http://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2016/11/for-five-months-spotify-has-badly-abused-users-storage-drives/

Nice app and good selection of music.

Used Spotify for a very long time but switched to Apple Music which is for way better in all aspects. Goodbye Spotify ... Hello Apple Music

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link to spotify forum: http://j.mp/1jzIgJx

I like Spotify. I really love the way this app looks and works. I have it both on my Mac and on my iPhone and believe me, these apps are really-really cool. I'm currently thinking about starting using Apple Music, however, I don't think I will cancel my subscription for Spotify. At least in the near future.

Downloaded the installer, run it and the Spotify still shows version 0.9.17.6. Uninstalled, run installer again and still the old version. What gives?

Free music. Be grateful.

Killing net neutrality worldwide. This software might be a nice idea, but the politics behind it are problematic to put things mildly.

Requires 10.7 minimum not 10.6.

There are two things that really bug me about Spotify: 1. Start-up time. Why does it take so incredibly long to start up? It can take as long as 80 seconds (on a decently powerful Mac) after launching for the search field to actually start functioning. 2. Why no graphic equalizer? Every other music playing application I use (even the menu-bar located Radium) has a graphic equalizer, but not Spotify. And don't start saying "use Audio Hijack Pro" or some other such system-wide utility. I just don't want that hassle, but I do want to be able to make the music sound decent!

Spotify is a really nice service. I use it every day. I switched to the paid version a while ago!

I do get rather annoyed that every update from Spotify comes with the mantra "Release notes were unavailable when this listing was updated.' Is it too much to ask that we are told why we should bother to update? And is there any possibility at all that it will reach version 1 this millennium?

Ugh, what's taking them so long to release the all-new and all-black Spotify 0.9.8???? Soon it will have been a month since the announcement. Hurry up already!

Spotify refuses to let me download their software if I am in an unapproved country (based on my ip address where I am at). Secondly, they require a facebook account, which is a deal breaker.

STILL not 64-bit...

Spotify phones home to Google Analytics. The only reason to do so to my knowledge is to allow Google surveillance of my computer behavior. If your app is going to surveil my computer use, then ASK MY PERMISSION FIRST, DAMMIT. I have used my reverse firewall Little Snitch to deny Spotify access to Google Analytics forever. I suggest other folks with reverse firewalls consider doing the same.

The iOS app is way more awesome but the Mac version is still good. Just the inability to use Airplay from the App is a shame.

Facebook IS a restriction

I don't want a Facebook account just to sign up to use Spotify. In my opinion this is a stupid choice to limit signing up to this service to only the Facebook user. You only have a choice to have a FaceBook account to sign up. Madness!

Overall, I think that this current iteration represents a very solid app for a great (premium) service. There are some functions missing that you can find in iTunes but given the fact how young Spotify is,I would say that the potential to be the best juke box is definitely there. Keep it up guys! BTW: How about a changelog?

I don't want a Facebook account so I don't want Spotify. In my opinion this is a stupid choice to limit the use of this service to the Facebook users.

This isn't for PPC.

Jazzica, in an earlier comment stated: "Reading these reviews I get the impression that NO ONE knows or even thinks about where this music comes from." I'm not exactly sure what the point of this comment is. If artists are not making any money from Spotify, then why is it being granted legal licenses to stream the music? What exactly is the business model of Spotify, and if the model isn't working for the record companies or the artists, then why don't you stop doing business with it? It seems like you're complaining because Spotify isn't the cash cow you though it would be, or someone told you it would be. Well, then change the relationship. Charge them more money for licenses. Make them pay more for each song played/streamed. Put them out of business. I don't care. It's not the consumer's problem. That is an issue between you and them. We use the service the way we see fit, not the way you expect us to or tell us to. If that's unacceptable, then pull your music from the service. I don't see what the problem is here or what we as consumers have to do with it. I buy plenty of music from iTunes and Amazon even though I might use a service like Spotify to primarily listen to music, like the radio. That's my choice. If that's bad for you, then put pressure on Spotify to change how the service works. Then I'll decide whether I want to continue using Spotify at all. See how that works? It's an open market, where people make choices. That's Capitalism 101.

Hey, Spotify. Please post some release notes so we can know things like, for example, what's changed that makes v0.8.0.1035 over twice the size (56MB) as month-old v0.6.5.2 (24MB).

From Hotcakes: "Lady Gaga is one of the most popular recording artists of the last ten years, and it’s easy to picture her “Poker Face” track becoming one of the most popular tracks on the Spotify service. And it is – but despite getting one million plays in five months, Gaga only received $167 in royalties. As you can imagine, she would’ve made hundreds of thousands, had those plays been files bought off iTunes. Only time will tell, as some artists are removing their music entirely, while some of the biggest are soldiering on, their consent a matter of debate." From Spotify: "We respect creativity and believe in fairly compensating artists for their work. We've cleared the rights to use the music you'll listen to in Spotify." From me: I'm a well known musician who's been at it for 50 years and has over 70 albums on iTunes. Take it from me, I haven't seen ONE CENT from Spotify.