Can someone explain how Spotify works for me?

[boing]

So I have it on my mobile (Android) and obviously can go to the site on my desktop but I get two different behaviours depending on how I use it.

I have a Maria Bamford playlist in my library, when I click on in on my desktop I see the image below.



As you can see, it lists all the playlist entries, her standup routine is broken down into individual sketches that will play in order.

However, if I pull the same list up on my phone all I get is below.



No playlist, it'll play 1 track then randomly load up other material from my library.

Also, if I pull up that playlist on my phone while at the same playlist is active on my desktop, the phone now shows the list as below.



This is no use to me if I'm trying to listen to the list away from the computer obviously. Can anyone explain how to use this on my phone correctly please?

 

[MrSquished]

are you using the spotify desktop app or the website?

 

[boing]

I'm using the website on the desktop.

 

[sandorski]

Using the Free version? Been a few years since I used Spotify, but the phone app requires a Subscription for those features.

 

[boing]

To use playlists?

 

[MrSquished]

To use playlists?

Yeah. I forgot about that. With free you can make playlists but it will shuffle them. Need the premium subscription to get all the features.

Which, the full-featured Spotify app is really really good. I just wish Tidal would catch up so I can leave Spotify. The ability to switch devices and continue the same playlists on is so useful. You can pause and skip tracks from the controls on one device while it's playing on another too. Which I find useful often enough as well.

 

[boing]

That sounds like the answer then, gotta cough up!

Cheers everyone.

 

[dank69]

In that second screenshot it looks like randomize is turned on? Can you not turn that off? Never used Spotify myself.

 

[KMFJD]

never really used spotify, they seems to pay artist the absolute bare minimum that record companies allow

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[WelshBloke]

never really used spotify, they seems to pay artist the absolute bare minimum that record companies allow

Record companies pay artists the absolute minimum they can get away with as well!

 

[lxskllr]

The music industry is basically garbage. I pretty much only deal with bandcamp. If you don't sell on there, I'll either buy a physical disc, pirate it, or do without. Almost everything I want to hear is on bandcamp though, so it isn't an issue. The only streaming I do is online radio, mainly somafm. I hear what the dj plays, no selection. I have zero interest in giving someone else control of my "library". If I want to hear it multiple times, I buy it.

 

[KMFJD]

Record companies pay artists the absolute minimum they can get away with as well!

that's true of course

In 2025, DSP payouts vary widely.

Peloton ($0.03)
Napster ($0.019–$0.021)
Qobuz ($0.0136)
Tidal ($0.01284–$0.0133)
Spotify ($0.0029–$0.005)
SoundCloud ($0.0025–$0.004)
YouTube Music ($0.00069–$0.008)

 

[nakedfrog]

never really used spotify, they seems to pay artist the absolute bare minimum that record companies allow

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Transfer Playlists From Any Music Platform to Any Other Music Platform! Including Spotify, Apple Music, Deezer, YouTube, Google Play Music, TIDAL and more!

www.tunemymusic.com

use this to bring over your playlist to a more ethical service

I've been happy to see the Spotify boycott has at least a little traction.