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Spotify is introducing a new "Now Playing View" sidebar in the desktop app and Web Player to go along with the recently released "Your Library" sidebar. The Now Playing View in the right sidebar shows the album art and info of the current song or pod...
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Hi! Will the new Spotify experience be rolled out to snapcraft and to the Ubuntu/Debian repo sometime in the future?Just wondering as it's not mentioned at the bottom of the blog post and hoping that you will continue to prioritize your Linux users h...
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I am also on Amazon Music Unlimited HD. Sound is fantastic and so is Tidal. When are you going to offer the same quality? Audio CD quality is so 90s.
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