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So here's a shot of the current UI on my 5.5" Moto G4:
Looking at the My Songs menu (where I spend a lot of time), the song list itself does not seem to be the app's biggest priority. Between:
- the Android status bar
- the "All Songs" title at the top
- the shuffle button that refuses to disappear when scrolling
- the massive "Now Playing" section
- the menu that is always visible even when not in use, and...
- the Android software controls...
... the UI leaves ~2.5" out of ~4.5" (vertical) for the song list. Dropping the garbage Apple-style menu alone (can people just stop taking ideas from this company?) and going back to the standard Android hamburger gets us ~3/8" back. Make the gigantic Shuffle button scroll up with the song list, too. The rest of the UI could still stand to go on a diet, but the menu and the shuffle buttons are the (literally) biggest offenders here.
Give us back our screen space, Spotify. And maybe reintroduce a little logic into button placement as well - the Settings button is now only visible from the Library for some stupid reason. Everything used to be one swipe away in the hamburger menu, which worked fine and was changed for no obvious good reason.