topic Re: Like Button Removal in App & Features

Like Button Removal

PierreViv — Thu, 20 Oct 2022 16:22:55 GMT

Yo, I didn’t get the changes on my version but my friend did and he wont stop complaining about them please change them back so he’ll shut up. Also, I thought the heart symbol on the song was perfectly placed and easy to access so I’d probably be kind of upset too.

Re: Like Button Removal

unclerk — Thu, 20 Oct 2022 19:29:29 GMT

Its really not clear what you mean, What features are you/your friend complains about? What device are you using? And what is the Spotify version that you are talking about?

@PierreViv wrote:
Also, I thought the heart symbol on the song was perfectly placed and easy to access so I’d probably be kind of upset too.

What do you mean by I'd probably be upset too. ?

Re: Like Button Removal

ogdenroyal — Sun, 23 Oct 2022 01:04:21 GMT

They changed the “like” heart button to an “add to playlist” where the first option is “liked songs”. It’s a substantially weaker design as “liking” used to add it to your library. I’m sure they had a reason but I really dislike it.

Re: Like Button Removal

unclerk — Sun, 23 Oct 2022 09:09:07 GMT

It looks like you use an mobile device, my device is pretty old so i don't get the newer updates but I'd be upset too!

Re: Like Button Removal

august-sunflower — Sun, 23 Oct 2022 15:11:46 GMT

yeah, the same thing happened to my spotify and i absolutely hate it. it’s so inconvenient and also, i cannot seem to add the entire album to a playlist like i could before. that feature is gone too.

Re: Like Button Removal

aaron-294 — Sun, 13 Nov 2022 20:29:22 GMT

Yes, please put the old heart button back!

Re: Like Button Removal

rrriotkid — Tue, 24 Jan 2023 08:44:55 GMT

i just had the same thing happen and im livid, the liking feature was absolutely vital to the way i use spotify and i just don’t understand this update or why i got it months after this thread was created

Re: Like Button Removal

Lodmac — Mon, 06 Feb 2023 10:20:04 GMT

It really is a **bleep** update 🙄🙄🙄

Re: Like Button Removal

laffytaffyx — Fri, 17 Feb 2023 05:20:53 GMT

same. it's awful. pls change it back @spotify

Re: Like Button Removal

loona1 — Wed, 08 Mar 2023 22:21:48 GMT

Stupid update. Now it just makes it more time consuming to go through all individual songs to see if I have it liked from an album. I don’t pay premium for this.. thinking of just moving to a different app.

Re: Like Button Removal

123840730 — Thu, 09 Mar 2023 16:27:04 GMT

If they dont bring back the option of showing you what songs you have 'liked/hearted/whatever' in playlist or album view, that's the final straw that will bring me to apple and I'm never come back. This is so stupid.

Re: Like Button Removal

bbynacg — Thu, 09 Mar 2023 18:48:32 GMT

same, spotify is constantly changing features that we enjoyed

idk why they feel the need to change things that does not need changing😒

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Kael2004 — Thu, 09 Mar 2023 20:51:51 GMT

I hate this new update. It’s so unnecessary and I like having a little heart by the songs so I can see what I liked

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dolphlundgrenjr — Thu, 09 Mar 2023 23:35:27 GMT

Hate the update too. The like/heart button is crucial to the way I use Spotify and the update takes away part of that functionality. I love Spotify but if they don’t fix this I will consider other music streaming options for the first time ever.

Re: Like Button Removal

countryboyjg640 — Sun, 12 Mar 2023 16:44:36 GMT

Very frustrating. Also, if I want to remove a song from my library, I have to tap the three dots by the song when I’m in my library, instead of just swiping left like I used to be able to. Such a terrible update. Almost as bad as my shuffle play constantly repeating the same songs… This is getting stupid, Spotify. About to change platforms.

Re: Like Button Removal

Tascam414 — Thu, 16 Mar 2023 08:17:39 GMT

Losing the "like" button is ruining my life. You used to be able to see at a glance which songs on an album you already "liked." You used to be able to "like" all songs at the top of an album, now you can't. Whose genius idea was this?

Re: Like Button Removal

ardentemil — Thu, 16 Mar 2023 10:53:52 GMT

This new update is a joke. I get so frustrated about it all the time. Please ffs sake spotify just change it back. it’s so ass. Fr thinking about moving to apple music rn.

Re: Like Button Removal

Macro — Thu, 16 Mar 2023 15:22:02 GMT

Yea this update pretty much destroyed any usefulness of the Like feature, now it's just another playlist, and it's no longer possible to see which songs in a playlist that has been liked

Listening to music while driving has now become a hazard as well as liking a song has gone from a simple tap on the heart to a three step process where you have to click all over the screen

Please put the heart back as it was before

Also, and I understand this might have been a choice from a technical perspective of how inserting the enchanced songs in the playlist complicated things, but I really enjoyed that feature as it gave me more feeling of control using the enchance feature, now I just have to keep skipping songs until a new enchanced song comes up but I don't have the choice to pick a suggestion from an artist that I like but where I haven't heard the song before for example. I can understand the choice in a way to make the feature useful for more people though, but I'd love to have both options

Re: Like Button Removal

SunnInk — Fri, 24 Mar 2023 15:07:12 GMT

This feature definitely sucks I really miss scrolling through my playlists and seeing what I've liked because it was how I listened to artists discographies. I'd find a complete songs playlist and then like the song once I'd listened to it and that way I would've known when I finished a discography. I might just have to start doing that on YouTube music or something because this was the biggest reason I liked Spotify but it just upsets me and I keep hoping they'll change it back to the way it was.

Re: Like Button Removal

SimplyLemoenade — Fri, 24 Mar 2023 23:18:21 GMT

Yea it’s such an inconvenience. I miss the simple days of Spotify where I can just like a song and that’s the end. Now this three step process is too much.