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Spotify Seeking to Bar Apps That Transfer to Other Music Services From Using SDK
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I mean, it'd be funny if it wasn't so tragic. They spend most of their time moaning about Apple but pull an anti-competitive and anti customer stunt like this. I'm glad I switched away to Apple Music, the last 12 months its become a brilliant service so no way am I going back.
This is rich. Spotify is no better than Apple. Why does every company want to destroy its competition? It's like we live in a free market society or something 
Good timing. Just two weeks ago I transferred all my Spotify playlists to Apple Music using SongShift and terminated my Spotify Premium membership because of the stupid Epic-Spotify-Tile coalition against Apple.
For anyone inclined to do the same, there are still other services and apps that do what SongShift did, such as the Playlisty App and TuneMyMusic web-based service.
For anyone inclined to do the same, there are still other services and apps that do what SongShift did, such as the Playlisty App and TuneMyMusic web-based service.
This really sucks. It’s very shortsighted of Spotify to do this as there are other use cases for those apps besides leaving Spotify. For example, since Spotify revoked access for DJay people might need to use their playlists on another service that is still open to be used with DJ software. Sometimes you come across a good Spotify playlist that you want to use in your preferred music service, etc.
Agreed. The Rats are looking for a new sewer to try.
The initial “Non Profit Coalition“ is now halfway to the bottom of the ocean, and it’s every rodent for itself now.
They will now begin to turn on each other in the face of their gross ineptitude with their initial attempted power play.
You don’t bring a Pocket Knife to a Gun Fight. Sit back and get ready for the finger pointing. It should be entertaining. 😉
Well, except for the iTunes/Music app on macOS. Jeez, what a horror show is that. That's the main reason I am staying (for now) with Spotify. Let's see what Big Sur is going to bring Music-wise, but I am not really hopeful. The forum posts here at Macrumors are quite negative with LOTS of bugs that were introduced with the launch of the new Music-app in macOS 10.15 Catalina still not fixed (not even in Big Sur beta's)
haha Spotify has made like $3 profit in the whole time theyve been operational.
Market leader of free accounts maybe
Because if you want to use multiple services, or to try something else for a bit, it's not as easy to transfer your playlists. Not exactly rocket surgery here.
Yes, SongShift does it (did it) both ways. SongShift still allows you to transfer Apple Music playlists to Spotify.
i'm not sure if it is anti-competitive. It's hypocritical for sure. And a big nail in the coffin for any accusations against Apple. You can't say with a straight face that Apple is anti-competitive and this action isn't. Since I think that Apple doesn't act in an anti-competitive way, I'd have to think very hard about analysing this. Sorry, can't do it. Too overwhelmed by the hypocrisy to give a fair assessment. Any lawyers here might have the mental ability to tell us.
I don't think Apple is truly anti-competitive either. I guess I should've said "anti-competitive" in quotes, because I was moreso referring to Spotify's accusations against Apple. It's 1000% hypocritical, lol.
Maybe I'm being pedantic, but if I'm not literally using / listening to the Spotify app, I'm not being a Spotify user. If I'm trying to access Spotify playlists while using the Apple Music app, then I am an Apple Music user in that moment because I am not "using" Spotify.
Yes it's inconvenient to people who subscribe to multiple music streaming services. No doubt there. I just don't see it is as against Spotify users. A Spotify user would never know or even see this difference until they stop being a Spotify user.
In other words, the user experience inside Spotify doesn't change one bit.
This is incredibly disappointing. I literally paid for a lifetime SongShift subscription two days ago with the sole purpose of transferring my songs from Spotify to Apple Music because I have just switched services. Additionally, I had hoped to use this for sharing music with friends that use Spotify.
I have contacted SongShift, and I’ve requested a refund. I’ll update this thread once I hear back.
I have contacted SongShift, and I’ve requested a refund. I’ll update this thread once I hear back.
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I was seriously considering switching to Spotify, but key to that decision was knowing I could easily switch out of that service if I ever wanted to. Sounds like Spotify is telling me not to bother trying.
Not being allowed to offer your app outwith Apple's payment terms is not the same as moving content from Spotify to another service using Spotify's own tools.
Of course you can switch out of their service. You just can't use Spotify's SDK to transfer Spotify's content to another service.
Pathetic, considering this decision comes from a company that demands the enforcement of rules against anti-competitive practices.
It's a major inconvenience for users of multiple music services and people that want to try other services while still keeping their music.
Hopefully this decision will be reversed and SongShift will again be able to export music from Spotify.
In the meantime, MusicToMusic still works.
It's a major inconvenience for users of multiple music services and people that want to try other services while still keeping their music.
Hopefully this decision will be reversed and SongShift will again be able to export music from Spotify.
In the meantime, MusicToMusic still works.
This type of move is a great way to get people to leave
All of these services should try to have interoperability and compete on the merits of their offering.
I basically refuse to engage deeply with a platform in this space where I’ll have no recourse to move my data after x amount of time if I change my mind
All of these services should try to have interoperability and compete on the merits of their offering.
I basically refuse to engage deeply with a platform in this space where I’ll have no recourse to move my data after x amount of time if I change my mind
