[All Platforms] Customize Start Screen

[DK411]

This is not a new idea, but I haven't found any practical reply to it, so I think it needs to be repeated. I completely agree with Rennestein (screen capture below), we need to stop seeing irrelevant suggestions because it is annoying. Why can't it be possible to decide what we first see when we open Spotify on any device? (playlists, recently played, artists we're following, etc), and enjoy better our Spotify experience?
Please Spotify, let us have the home screen as we'd like. :)) Thank you!

[TheMan8452]

I'm fed up with constantly having to have this eye sore blow up in my face every time I open the app. LET ME DELETE IT LIKE DANG!

 

[Novy]

Hi @hjspencer, 

Thanks for getting back to us.

We understand where you're coming from. However, keep in mind that the "Not Right Now" status doesn't mean the door is completely closed and the idea won't be implemented, only that this is something that won't happen immediately. 

Since the idea is still open for voting, it continues to be constantly looked into and we'll pass any relevant info about this in the thread for all users who showed their support. 

Hope this helps. 

[ynard]

48 pages of testimony that Spotify doesn't give a flying f*u*c*k about their users. You know, paying customers..

I guess there's money to be made somehow in those**bleep** podcasts, but I wanna listen to MUSIC, not any godddammit spoken word salad!

[Kwiato]

They don't want to implement this, because we aren't clients to them, we're cattle. And if the marketing team decides "we want more users to use podcast" to justify the decision of putting them there in the first place. they will shove it down your throat no matter what.

[srebrnafh]

Maybe starting to report the app as inappropriate would work (at least for these who get the near-NSFW podcasts suggested)?

[FloatingLAV]

This is gonna be my first time posting here, cause the podcasts they keep shoving down my throat when I open Spotify is getting very annoying now. It's a complete eyesore, and I'm not even remotely interested in them. it used to be only a problem with the desktop version but now even my mobile has it now. It's the first thing you see, and it takes up half your screen. There's no way to hide them or even just order what you want to see when you open Spotify. We pay for this damned thing, at least give us some bit of control over what we see. I want to see the colorful album art of new releases from artists I follow when I start it up, not f***ing 'Chris Chan: A Comprehensive History'. It's just really aggravating now at this point, and the worst part is that they don't give a rat's ass about it

[robertvw]

@srebrnafh: great idea, I reported it at the MS and Android stores!

[jaspoid-0934]

Seriously, Spotify? Ignoring 3000+ votes? Your app has become one steaming pile of junk. Please allow us to remove recommended playlists and podcasts. 

[1231902520]

I'm puzzled. Half of my screen is covered with material I don't wish to see or listen to. That's why I actually stopped following them and deleted their downloads. Meanwhile shows I listen to every time I open the app is buried on another screen. The app has so many features yet this can't be fixed? It doesn't seem to even benefit anyone. If it was a banner ad or even left blank it would make a modicum of sense.

[6eewxl-9vj_0m]

I can't stand the fact that podcasts are spamming my main screen, because I've listened to 10 seconds of one podcast that one time. I'd rather have music listed , but recently it's been hard to navigate through podcasts to find some music on my main screen.