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I cancelled my subscription last week precisely because of the poor UX.

It really pisses me off that they charge what feels like a disproportionate amount (certainly more than I've ever spent on music elsewhere), offer a very simple service only passably well, then waste their revenue on SV dev salaries (with no obvious benefit to the users in features or stability) - and of course their illustrious podcast hosts.

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> then waste their revenue on SV dev salaries

wouldnt really call that a waste if those devs are producing meaningful features and/or fixing bugs.

devs work on the features they are told to, they don't direct what features get put in place or even how those features should behave in UX, most of the time.

seems more a design and/or project management failure, to me.

I'd say if those people are not being utilized to improve the product, then yes it is a waste - who is to blame for the waste is a different matter, but management is the obvious place to look.

Considering how shit their cents per listen rates are in recent years, they should honestly be trying to compensate the artists they host more than their devs at this point. I've cancelled my sub largely because of this fact.

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