Adam Engst, TidBITS:
Spotify worked well for me for a while, but in May 2016, the lyrics feature disappeared.
And:
Losing lyrics was a blow, but the straw that broke the camel’s back was when I ran headfirst into Spotify’s 10,000 track limit. You read that right — despite the fact that Spotify is a streaming service that contains over 30 million tracks, you cannot add more than 10,000 to your collection.
I had no idea any of the streaming services put limits on the number of tracks you can add. Turns out, Google Play has a limit of 50,000 tracks, and Apple Music a limit of 100,000 tracks.
In response to complaints, instead of raising the limit, Spotify said:
At the moment we don’t have plans to extend the Your Music limit. The reason is because less than 1% of users reach it. The current limit ensures a great experience for 99% of users instead of an “OK” experience for 100%.
Um, that logic seems arbitrary. Read the rest of Adam’s post. Interesting stuff.
library goes to 10,001
gee, ah…spotify used to be so good. what happened?
Could be a limit imposed by the licensing contracts, whereas Google and Apple Pay more for a higher limit? Of course, not sure why any record company would care, but I guess it’s just another number in the contract they can exert their control over.
When first tried Apple Music, the service deleted 200+ songs from my iTunes library. It took months to discover which tracks were missing and to replace them. Also, the album cover art was switched around (“London Calling” artwork was replaced with “Super 80s Hits!”). It will be a long time before I try Apple Music again,,,