[Android] Remove the Shuffle / Play Button

[-quazar]

Hi, I tried out your new design, which I have mixed feelings about, but nevermind that. The most annoying thing I come over in the new Spotify (for iPhone by the way) is the dumb, big, overlapping, unnecessary shuffle play button that pops up everywhere. Is this a bug or is this on purpose? Could at least had add an option for it. Also, it doesn't look streamlined at all with the current design. Did it even occur that not everyone wants a shuffle play button?

[wallers]

This is why I didn't renew my subscritption and am going to Googleplay.

[BIGRICK]

I just found spotify and went premium and I noticed this immediately. Giant buttonb never moves! WHY? 

[adamb1026]

Agreed!

I wanrt to listen to an album in the order the artist designed. Not what an algorithm thinks it should be!

[Northernaudio]

Please remove the shuffle by default...it’s an aweful default to have set and takes away from the enjoyment of music.

[tommyboy7]

make default the Play button, not the Shuffle button.  It is the Play button on Spotify-controlled playlists.  Why does Spotify want to drive more shuffling on 3rd-party playlists?  It is clearly done for a business purpose. 

Forcing people to search the scrub page to the bottom to find the little shuffle icon that most people don't even understand is to promote shuffling over ordered play on 3rd-party playlists.  Not cool boys and girls...not cool.

[zenhpg]

Just recently made the switch from Apple music to spotify. I am planning on going back to Apple music because of this issue. I am on a premium subscription. I want to play an album from start to finish. If I have other music in my queue and click on the first song of an album, I only hear the first song and then it plays queue songs then the rest of the album. It should be easy to play the whole album in front of the other songs in the queue. I can't understand why I would want to "shuffle play" and album as a premium user. The button is a "play" button on desktop and should be a play button on mobile. 

[hey_dude]

I completely agree, so annoying, what bonehead decided to keep shuffle button with premium?

[makeshake]

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[lycanthropefail]

Please do not restrict this to iOS.  The assumption that everyone wants to shuffle music is entirely inconsistent with the music quality available to premium users.  Many people like to listen to complete albums in their intended order and simply loath "shuffling".  Others grabbing a few tunes on the subway may well find it useful . . . plenty of room for 2 buttons !

[cambritton]

I’m going back to Apple Music.

So long Spotify! Maybe one day you’ll learn to listen to your users.