Same here. Was surprised to read this comment, went to the Android app, played a few playlists. Shuffle is off by default, first song on a list starts playing. Switch it on, go to another playlist, it is still off by default. Is it some a/b testing by Spotify I am lucky not to be part of? Would certainly cancel my sub if that was the case.
I mean, there were quite a few elements of the ux I was mad about, like promoting stuff I’d never want to listen on the front page just because Spotify paid a gazillion to creators, but shuffle is not it.
baronvonj@lemmy.world 1 year ago
When I first started with Premium, you could toggle shuffle mode on or off before hitting the play button. But then that went away and there was basically only a Shuffle button, so you had to do the sequence like here (from 2022)
drmare.com/…/play-spotify-album-in-order.html
but at first you didn’t have to do this bit
And I think at that time the forums were saying it was only the Android app where you had to do this (and I want to say that desktop/web app were indeed not putting me through these shenanigans at that time, was a probably 4-5 years ago, maybe more). And then when I further had to start doing that 4th step of disabling shuffle in the now playing screen I had just had enough and cancelled.
Other posts from 2023 seem to indicate this is now the standard UX on all platforms
audkit.com/…/spotify-play-album-in-order.html
integraudio.com/play-songs-order-without-premium/
Kryptenx@lemmy.world 1 year ago
baronvonj@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Thanks. I’m genuinely curious about the UX that @StorminNorman has now. Premium users deserve a better experience.
Globulart@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Not storming but I’ve never had a problem either. Here’s the screen I get when I open a playlist, can toggle between shuffle, smart shuffle and normal to the left of the play button.
Does yours look different?
my Spotify playlist screen