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I'm so confused. Couldn't you always pick what track you wanted to play?
I think it depends on whether you used the web interface or mobile app. Mobile app was more restrictive.
Nope. At some point spotify forced FREE users to shuffle play playlists. You couldn't pick which specific song you'll hear first. And with ads, obviously.
Damn, when I joined way back when, you could pick the track you wanted you just couldn't skip and had to hear ads. Being able to pick a track is the whole reason I moved away from Pandora.
I've recently moved away from Spotify and to Pandora, ironically.
Pandora premium let's you play whichever track you want, they are not longer exclusively stations, but their station algorithm is the reason I decided on them over other spotify alternatives
pandora was the shit like 10-15 years ago.
me too ...
I like tidal a lot. They pay their artists the highest percentage last i checked, and they have sound quality as their main selling point. The station algorithm is a little bunk though.
I am slowly rebuilding my mp3 library after switching to streaming 15 years ago when it was the hot new thing. Hopefully i can ditch them all together soon.
Right now, it's Qobuz that pays the most, and they also sport lossless audio formats as well. Tidal's still a good pick, as far as music streamers go, though.