Spotify Free Streaming Tier Goes Live for iPhone Users

[RebornProphet]

Ok, found out why I had unlimited access. No need to worry, you were right.
To clarify: iphone users are still limited to shuffle

What is this nonsense about me being blocked? I was just expressing my delight in having unlimited access. Grow up, man

Because to my eyes you were trolling, and I'll accept your apology now for your bold and condescending "You are wrong" post. You need to realise that not everyone is telling you something to have go at you, there was categorically no way those who told you otherwise were wrong regarding iPhone use with the free Spotify access. You were the one who was adamant that you were right.

So how did you have unlimited access on your phone then? Accidentally sign up for a free trial?

 

[C DM]

I've seen recently updated apps do this in the past, when a major new feature has been added they keep it in the release notes as a reminder. I'm sure the likes of Asphalt 8 have had the previous major update notes retained when the the next update, a minor bug fix one, is released.

It's misleading, but again MacRumors already reported on Spotify giving this service away the day it was announced and the update rolled out. Someone at the office is clearly not doing their research.

Well, there is a right way to so it which is simple and quick to indicate a new feature from the last major release, and then there's the misleading way of sound it just by listing it as another feature in the new update and even specifically identifying it as "New" on top of it.

Sure, some more checking should be done by the end user and anyone righting about it, but that's not really a bigger "fault" than the misleading nature of the release notes to begin with.

 

[RebornProphet]

Well, there is a right way to so it which is simple and quick to indicate a new feature from the last major release, and then there's the misleading way of sound it just by listing it as another feature in the new update and even specifically identifying it as "New" on top of it.

Sure, some more checking should be done by the end user and anyone righting about it, but that's not really a bigger "fault" than the misleading nature of the release notes to begin with.

Yeah but MacRumors have already reported this last month when Spotify held their keynote and announced this new free access model. It was due to MacRumors that I found out last month that Spotify were offering this and updated accordingly.

The release notes are irrelevant when a major tech news site has already reported on this in the near past. Surely an alarm bell went off in someone's head and they thought , "Well this sounds familiar"?

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December 11th 2013:

https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/1683345/

Look how many people, including myself, note the instant update and use of the new free service.

Even the final sentence of the MacRumors report reads, "Spotify's free services will be available beginning today".

 

[C DM]

Yeah but MacRumors have already reported this last month when Spotify held their keynote and announced this new free access model. It was due to MacRumors that I found out last month that Spotify were offering this and updated accordingly.

The release notes are irrelevant when a major tech news site has already reported on this in the near past. Surely an alarm bell went off in someone's head and they thought , "Well this sounds familiar"?

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December 11th 2013:

https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/1683345/

Look how many people, including myself, note the instant update and use of the new free service.

Even the final sentence of the MacRumors report reads, "Spotify's free services will be available beginning today".

So the previous release was somewhat different for iPads and iPhones, could this one change that in some way (like making them more similar), which would then be a significant new change even though it's related to the previous one?

 

[N64]

I'm not on premium. I have unlimited search and unlimited skips on my iphone 4s. You'll just have to accept it.

So did you write a little tweak that lets you choose a song, and it skips for you until it finds it?

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And as for accepting it, I don't give a toss what you have on your 4s because I'll just use the vastly superior iPad app on my 4th gen. You're trolling and now you're blocked.

Please, I have iTunes Radio with unlimited skips and no ads. Nissan and Flo, say hello to my JAILBREAAAAKKK
Surprised MacRumors didn't mention it, but there's a tweak called iTunes Radio Unlimited now.

 

[RebornProphet]

So the previous release was somewhat different for iPads and iPhones, could this one change that in some way (like making them more similar), which would then be a significant new change even though it's related to the previous one?

There is no difference.

The "update" today did not bring any form of free model to the app that did not exist on December 11th. I am baffled as to how this is so hard for people to comprehend or understand.

Nothing in today's update changed the way the app behaves on iPhone or iPad, it's the exact same way it was when Spotify rolled out the free services on December 11th immediately after the keynote.

 

[C DM]

There is no difference.

The "update" today did not bring any form of free model to the app that did not exist on December 11th. I am baffled as to how this is so hard for people to comprehend or understand.

Nothing in today's update changed the way the app behaves on iPhone or iPad, it's the exact same way it was when Spotify rolled out the free services on December 11th immediately after the keynote.

On my part I was just wondering. In general though, it's really Spotify that made it harder, at least initially, but misleadingly putting something in as "New:" that wasn't new or even related to the update. How about a simple "New (from 0.9.1):"? Communication matters.

That said, it does seem like some people are mentioning something about repeating/skipping/shuffling might have been changed or affected in some way, yet none of that seems to be mentioned in the release notes (unless they make it just fall under "bug fixes", which is a rather crappy way to go about actual feature changes).

 

[RMo]

Having read through everything (in addition to what I knew when I posted previously), it looks like the comments here, in addition to Spotify's official notes, indicate that the MacRumors summary is incorrect. I'd suggest someone from MR add another update to this story to indicate this. Basically, nothing has changed.

 

[WaxMechaniK]

As others have mentioned, this has been available for a month now. I was unaware that it wasn't available everywhere as when it was announced, it was also released as thousands of articles across the web notified us.

Also, the article has slightly false information. It makes it sound like only the iPad version allows the user to pick and choose what songs to play like the desktop version, but the iPhone version does this as well, it always has for Premium subscribers.

 

[crackbookpro]

Spotify is the best thing to happen to music since iTunes & Napster... Although, if you're a superfan of some odd group - SoundCloud can be your best bet to date.