topic Annoying snow effect in Android

Annoying snow effect

lugi — Tue, 23 Dec 2014 09:13:19 GMT

ho folks

Just noticed this snowing effect in Spotify and find it very annoying. Tried to find the checkbox in the settings.

Can someone point me to where one can disable this?

thanks and have good one.

Lugi

Re: Annoying snow effect

Pete — Tue, 23 Dec 2014 10:21:42 GMT

Hey @lugi

Could you get back to me with a screenshot of this? We'll go from there!

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Michse — Tue, 23 Dec 2014 10:44:49 GMT

That one. It's nice to look at once but after that I'd like to have a way to disable it. I like cover artwork and that effect is... Not enhancing it.

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Pete — Tue, 23 Dec 2014 10:50:10 GMT

Ah! I'll definitely pass on your feedback regarding this. It's most definitely temporary however - it's just for the run up to Christmas 🙂

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polde — Tue, 23 Dec 2014 13:20:49 GMT

Is there a reason Spotify keeps forcing these changes without the option of a simple checkbox to decide if we want these features at all?!(Spotify Connect is another prime example)

It's the whole reason I don't update the Spotify app, however I couldn't avoid it once I got force closes.

Re: Annoying snow effect

user-removed — Tue, 23 Dec 2014 16:13:09 GMT

Spotify be taking marketing tips from U2.

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WilliamOffline — Tue, 23 Dec 2014 16:29:43 GMT

Spotify better work on their off line continuity for premium users first before fiddling around with non-functional snow-effects..

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Bullet — Tue, 23 Dec 2014 17:52:28 GMT

I don't care if it's just for the run up to Christmas - I don't want it, and I want to disable it..
If you like to do such stuff, okay - but give us the ability to disable it.
It eats resources and it's annoying.

Let me tell you: If you keep forcing such stuff on me, I'll be looking for a new service soon.

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oliverpecha — Tue, 23 Dec 2014 23:13:47 GMT

f***king annoying.

fun for the first couple of minutes ONLY!!!

just let users disable it, or ask for permission

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joeybobo — Tue, 23 Dec 2014 23:25:59 GMT

Are you kidding Spotify???? Cut this crap out....Beats music service is just around the corner.

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Jordi — Tue, 23 Dec 2014 23:37:42 GMT

Hey guys,

I haven't tested this, so I can't confirm if this works or not. You might want to try to temporary change the date of your Android device to somewhere after christmas/new year.

Also be sure to keep posting your feedback here and keep an eye on this thread!

Re: Annoying snow effect

MattSuda — Tue, 23 Dec 2014 23:46:14 GMT

Spotify first had the snowflakes in the iPhone app back in 2011 as a way to add something cool for the holidays.

It seems they have brought it back this year. At the moment it appears to be Android only.

It usually lasts the whole week of Christmas, and then it will go away.

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DrInfoman — Wed, 24 Dec 2014 06:08:01 GMT

This s*** they have time for.

My three-years-and-running request to fix a G D bug with LIKED FROM RADIO not recognizing duplicates and previously liked/unliked tracks?

Not so much, despite REPEATED assurances.

DEVELOPERS - UNDERSTAND YOUR PAYING CUSTOMERS FEEDBACK.

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user-removed — Wed, 24 Dec 2014 05:52:36 GMT

I think the last two updates have been laughably bad.

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user-removed — Wed, 24 Dec 2014 10:13:51 GMT

Great update... Hands Up tracks looking great....

I'm, I'm... the night!

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Bullet — Wed, 24 Dec 2014 23:00:31 GMT

hope you're kidding... i won't touch the date settings of my device just because spotify decides to 'let it snow' - thats propably what the management/devs did when they decided to add this effect.. Not that they just added it, no.. its on-top of all other UI elements. Great!

Just a sidenote: changing your date will screw up all authentifications, even https connections.. so stay away from that.

Cheers.

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Spotifyuser1117 — Wed, 24 Dec 2014 23:42:50 GMT

Constructive feedback: what about those of us in the southern hemisphere?.... or better yet what percentage of the world actually receives snowfall? Are we celebrating winter or Christmas/(C)hannukah/Kwanza? If the former, why shouldn't this be year-round for all parts of the world? Is this setting for only those that are in the U.S.? If, so, then I'm going to punch a baby all the way through mid-late March.

Just trying to understand the rationale behind adding a feature that is distracting/irritating/makes-me-want-to-cancel. No threats, just my feelings. Please don't make me cry if we are still "celebrating the holidays" with same effect through Easter.

All-in-all the effect is grossly assuming I actually care what calendar month we are in or that I "celebrate" anything during this time.

Give me a checkbox that signifies "Celebration Mode," or better yet, "Scrooge Mode" to allay and undermine my crass, arrogant sarcasm.

Get rid of this crap already.

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bnerde — Thu, 25 Dec 2014 02:55:14 GMT

I was just giving Spotify another try from Google All Access. This snowy background BS has thrown me right back to All Access. As a large developer, I'd think you'd know to give someone an option before you add animated effects.

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Jordi — Thu, 25 Dec 2014 23:34:50 GMT

Just heard that Facebook also did this kind of thing with profile pictures. It's christmas now, I expect that the snow will be gone within a few days.

Re: Annoying snow effect

oliverpecha — Fri, 26 Dec 2014 02:54:34 GMT

its now gone!!!