Spotify has worked for me flawlessly on both my iPhone and iPad, but I did hear complaints about its behaviour on Apple Watch.
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Spotify has worked for me flawlessly on both my iPhone and iPad, but I did hear complaints about its behaviour on Apple Watch.
Wired still classify Spotify as a best-in-class listening experience:
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Well if Wired says it, it must be objectively true!The Wired still classifies Spotify as a best-in-class listening experience:
The Best Music Streaming Apps to Get Your Groove On
Plunge into the stream with the best apps to discover music, share it among friends, and rock out.www.wired.com
Today’s version of Excel still has 1-2-3 compatibility mode built in (hit / and you can still navigate menus and keyboard shortcut letters are displayed).
Disagree.
It’s up to the OS developer to give notice periods about breaking changes. The beta period of a few months that many have mentioned was Apple’s notice period where Spotify should have noticed that their watch app isn’t working.
Agreed, but many organizations change their APIs. The consumers of those APIs are required to keep up with the changes, not the source organization. The responsibility of the source organization is to give advance notice of the change, which Apple has done with their beta programs.
I cannot fathom asking Apple to individually track down and coordinate their API changes with every app developer. That's what release notes and bug reporting in the beta program is designed to accomplish.
Imagine a new app developer designing a new app for an Apple operating system. Apple's responsibility is to keep the APIs documented, not to hold the hands of the developer designing the app.
Do you have any idea how many fast-growth technology companies are 100% remote?
...and always were - with no office, even from the start.
Remote work is the new 'normal' for developers.
Been a long time Spotify user and number of months ago moved my playlists to Apple Music. I really want to wean myself away from Spotify and use AM. What I like is that my extensive music library (mostly ripped CD's) is uploaded into AM and is available. Can't do that with Spotify. I wish they would support local libraries.
On the other hand, Spotify recommendations and playlists are SO MUCH better than AM that I have a really hard time switching. I'm not sure why AM recommends genres that I have never ONCE played?
I used to get free Spotify Premium through AT&T but they ditched that and then I was on a 6-month free promo and now that is up and I'm trying hard not to pay and stick with AM. I certainly don't need to pay for 2 music services.
While I was at Microsoft each version of windows released had a set of tests for “core third part apps” the we ran. We caught incompatibilities this way. We put out in the release notes when an app broke with a windows release whether the bug was in windows or the app. Not every app was tested but iTunes (yeah it was still iTunes) was absolutely on that list.
With its massive user base I’d be hard pressed to to believe that Spotify is not a core app for Apple. Yes, Spotify should have caught this with the betas but I’d argue so should have apple as a real world test of their OS.
With its massive user base I’d be hard pressed to to believe that Spotify is not a core app for Apple. Yes, Spotify should have caught this with the betas but I’d argue so should have apple as a real world test of their OS.
Not that it matters, but I don't agree with that approach. It's why we still have legacy code lying around and XP lasted so long. Let the developers own the code they develop.
Absolutely, this is a standard everywhere I've worked as well. Surely this is a standard practice at Apple as well. If it's not, it damn well should be. If it is, there's zero reason why this shouldn't be caught. I'm honestly surprised with all the public betas out there they didn't get any notice.
Sure, I don't disagree with that, but you should be testing core 3rd party apps with your launch and noting that the app is the problem, not the OS as mzeb said.
I don't agree. Let Spotify manage their own app, like any other developer and/or company. I'd rather Apple, and any company really, focus their attention on getting their things done.
My thoughts exactly. Did Apple change the code from the beta right before the public release? Or did Spotify not do any testing whatsoever?
So, let's apply Occum's Razor to this.
Option 1: Spotify and all the Beta users never tested Spotify in the whole beta cycle.
Option 2: A late beta change (even a change in the RC) broke by Apple something for Spotify.
What is a more reasonable option? Unless you believe that Apple is perfect and every other company in the world are run by idiots, then Option 2 is the most likely.
And, considering there are reports that watchOS 9.1b FIXES the issue, I think that late change by Apple breaking Spotify is a reasonable assumption.
But, don't let logic get in the way of trashing a competitor of Apple.
I'm honestly convinced that the vast majority of Apple Music subscribers are in the US.
In the UK we are one of Apple biggest markets outside the US and I don't know a single person who pays for Apple Music
I asked two questions, one that would "trash" Apple if the answer was affirmative, and the other Spotify. As for Occam's Razor, either option seems unconscionable to me. For Spotify to not test would be unlikely, but so would Apple making a last minute change like that, which would defeat the purpose of beta testing.
Not sure how 9.1 beta purportedly fixing the issue makes the answer any clearer. Whether it was a bug not caught due to Spotify's failure to test or a bug introduced by Apple last minute, it would be reported and (hopefully) fixed either way.
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That was more of a general question, not specific to you. Sorry if it came across as directed to you.
But, on MR, there are a number of posters that immediately side with Apple and quickly accuse Spotify of not beta testing. That is a pretty extreme assumption and is not realistic.
P.S. I am not going to trash Apple if the bug is an OS bug. It happens.But, I am also not going to start trashing other companies without knowing the facts or at least applying logic to the situation.