Please fix the free version, Spotify.
The free version works fine for about five seconds until you try to loop songs. On the mobile app especially, songs on the free version cannot be looped properly. I've tried adding playlists with one song entered, over, and over, and over again. However, if you're like me, and you like listening to YOUR music, and not the recommended songs that Spotify forces on you, you're eventually going to run into the problem where it says, "Cannot queue this content." In fact, even if you go to the search bar and pick a song there, it will not play that song. It will play another "recommended song." That is not what a user wants! They want to listen to their music that they CHOOSE. Not a recommended song. I will say, giving some credit to Spotify here, adding a single song on a playlist does work in looping it. However, this is largely counteracted with Spotify mixing in recommended songs in that playlist due to "Smart Shuffle." Some people just want to loop their music without having to pay for a subscription. Another issue that I have found incredibly annoying are the "Made For You" playlists. Some people may find these just fine. Even I have a "Made For You" playlist that I listen to regularly. My only issue that I have with those playlists is the fact that you can't delete them. C'mon, at least let us users be able to have an option to remove these from our home screens so it's not cluttered up with 5 or 6 playlists we'll never listen too. At least for me, a lot of these playlists are single songs that I listened to because I accidentally hit a playlist instead of a song. I'll admit, yes that is my fault for not reading, but at least give us the option to remove unwanted playlists, even if they are made for us. Oh, and don't get me started with, what I like to call, "Undead Playlists." Once upon a time, a younger me made a playlist. I listened to it, enjoyed it, but music taste changes (something that I don't think Spotify really considers unless you're actively "removing from taste profile"), so now an older me tried deleting that playlist. And it deleted... for three seconds. I closed and reopened the app the next day, and what do you know? There it is, an empty playlist, taking up space, undelete-able. And I can't remove it to this day. This is something super annoying, ruining the user experience, that could be fixed with a simple feature of being able to remove unwanted playlists from your homepage! I want to be able to freely skip songs that I don't want to listen to, instead of just 6 an hour. I want to be able to listen to whatever song I want, when I want, however many times I choose to. I want to be able to clear unwanted playlists from my homepage. Above all, I want these features available on free version of the Spotify app. Users should NOT be forced to pay for a subscription just to have a good user experience. Lot of us don't have the option to pay for a subscription whatsoever. As far as I'm aware, the free trial doesn't even activate on the mobile app, at least, it doesn't for me. The only, only downside that the free version should be the adds. Whether a user is paying for a subscription, or a user is interrupted with adds, Spotify will make money either way. Fix the user experience for free users. Stop breaking the free version of Spotify just to get users to pay for a $12.99 subscription. I hope you consider this message, and have a wonderful day.