[All Platforms][Other] Please make genderstar in german language optional

[tomjoe-ler]

Hello Team,

as i wrote in the subject, i would like to request you to create a second kind of german language setting, one "traditional german" option and one "gender sensitve" option for those who like this more than the traditional german.

For me i have to say that the gender sensitive variant of the german language is really hard to read and gives with every star within the words an opstacle.

Thanks in advance and best regards

Thomas

[Sacer]

Even though this idea: https://community.spotify.com/t5/Closed-Ideas/Please-let-me-disable-the-stupid-Genderstern/idi-p/546... got closed with a reference to another closed issue here: https://community.spotify.com/t5/Closed-Ideas/All-Platforms-Other-Please-make-genderstar-in-german-l...

I just want to open it again. The approach of ideologized language does not fit the valid rules of the german language and therefore it disturbs the whole experience with your service if language settings are set to "German".

Please understand that noone want's to cancel that custom version of the german language a minority of people share and use (it's actually only 10% of the population). We just want to have the native german language added back as an option. This wouldn't be so hard as you only have to remove everyting like "*innen".

I'd volunteer for the job of i18n that, if it's a matter of staff costs.

Just don't ignore over SEVENHUNDRED upvotes for that idea!

Please consider that idea. It's not hard to implement and would make the experience of Spotify better for the majority of your german customers.

Thanks!

inb4: I'll open that idea again, and again, and again. So please at least TRY to dialogue with us.

[Sacer]

What's so hard on adding another optional language? Just add native german language!

[jhoos70]

It is not hard. They do not want to because they do not want their users to have a choice. They believe in doing the right and just. They want to indoctrinate.

[blechmusi]

In the meantime i found my Peace with this issue by canceling my Spotify subscription.

There are other streaming platforms out there that work great (t...l)

[Slytzel]

There is a proclamation by linguists and other language experts to stop the use of the gender speach sincf it is anti scientific and based on false assumptions. It is mere ideology and not politically neutral. Spotify is supporting this and is alienating a lot of customers.

The proclamation has been signed by over 350 language experts, among them a lot of important ones like members of the Rechtschreibrat:

https://www.linguistik-vs-gendern.de/

[der_t]

I think we have to accept the fact that sometimes companies don't do what the customer satisfies but rather what they think will lead to a better world. They will not change it because they want us to get accustomed.

But there is a a strategy out: Optional Gender language in apps must become a general practice standard - just as gender wording became now standard in so many other applications. If it's discriminating to no refer to people according to their gender, it's also discriminating not to let people choose, right?  Fighting intolerance with intolerance.

Once other important apps will make this optional, spotify will act accordingly - or at least need to justify why they don't. Now they just ignore.

[kingofthehill]

https://community.spotify.com/t5/Idea-Submissions/All-Platforms-Other-Add-an-alternative-german-tran...

There is this "new"**bleep** share this link in your social media stories and posts to get more attention to it. Maybe Spotify attempts to listen to their users this time.

[kingofthehill]

Crazy, their censor filter is not even good.

A t t e m p t to remove the Gender Star. Maybe it works now. 😉

[Buddie89]

How comes that a Company and their member*innen know better what the users*innen want?

And its not like the women get empowered by that. They hate it, too! 

[zzertaul]

Voted on your idea:

https://community.spotify.com/t5/Idea-Submissions/All-Platforms-Other-Add-an-alternative-german-tran...

Thanks!