RETURN THE LIKE BUTTON

[juzh]

I don't care if this has been submitted a hundred times over, you Spotify devs clearly need to hear it. You should *not* have to go through the effort of finding the "liked songs" playlist, just to add a song to Liked, when you have a ton of playlists. Playlists don't even sort like they used to, it seems almost random which playlists show first despite which ones I interacted with last - but that's not the issue here; it's just yet another downside of the problem at hand.

Please. Please. Please.

Bring back the **bleep** 'liked'/heart button on songs and albums. Having to add liked songs to my liked playlist manually just leads to me adding it to different playlists because it's so **bleep** tedious in the first place. I've been adding songs to playlists and then using the PC version to mass-add songs to Liked because you make it so inconvenient on mobile. This isn't user-friendly in the slightest.

Just, why? Why can't you just bring back the little heart? I thought the point of liked songs was to add songs then and there; not to have to stop in the street to add a song to a playlist because it now takes several seconds to do so. I've been paying for Premium since 2009, and now I'm wondering if you're worth the effort. Fire whoever told you it was a good idea to remove the Liked button, seriously. Fire yourselves for listening, too.

[raspael]

Spotify prefers you to listen to what they push rather than what you actually want. That’s why they removed the “Like” button—it gets in their way. They’re making it harder and harder to create and organize your own playlists. They just want you to listen to what they dictate. Otherwise, there’s no explanation for why the “Like” button still hasn’t returned.

I can imagine Spotify's response to this request:

Hey there! We’re always looking for ways to improve the listening experience and help users discover amazing new music. We understand that changes can take some getting used to, but our goal is to create a platform where discovery and personalization go hand in hand. We truly appreciate your feedback and will make sure to pass it along to our team. Keep the music going! 🎶✨

[Edwin71]

Actually raspael, I don't agree that they made it harder to create and organize your own playlists. Quite the opposite, playlist handling has greatly improved. But it is far from perfect and certainly not good enough for a so-called or self-proclaimed industry leader.

And with they way these improvements are implemented, I don't see the added value of a separate Liked Songs list anymore. So I prefer to keep this improved playlist handling AND have a separate visual indication for liked songs.

[Xunnamius]

As raspael said, removing the like button, a feature every other competitor seems to be able to comprehend the utility of, makes it harder to create and organize our own playlists by definition. This is true regardless of whatever other features are or are not added or removed. Now... what could possibly be the reason to enshitten your own service like this? Perhaps their end goal is to have us listen to what they dictate rather than what we, LITERALLY, like.

I'm subscribed to this thread because I'm curious if Spotify is capable of actual improvement, but I've long since moved on to Deezer. I didn't know what I was missing with Deezer Hifi; even my non-audiophile ears can detect the increase in quality. Even if they did see the light one day and decided to catch up to their competition feature-wise, no use going back now.

[bosi]

Spotify, it's time to put this back. It is a serious flaw that is a great obstacle when organising your music. 

[nofunamy]

I think the major problem is that they changed the button to more of a playlist button instead of a heart/like button so it makes it so much harder to tell if it's in your liked songs or not. I'm constantly confused if a song is in my liked songs because it might have a check mark (where the heart/like button would be) and that doesn't mean it's in your liked it just means it's on a playlist you might have. I've found that when I add random playlist or my linked Shazam and other similar apps the songs will show up with a check mark but it's only because they're added to a playlist of mine and not a liked song. UGH. It's annoying.

This a screenshot of me trying to figure out if this song is in my liked playlist from my desktop. No idea by looking at the song. I can see it has a check mark where the heart/like button would be. I have to click on it to see that the check mark is noting that it's in a random playlist and not my liked. You can see I have to find my liked playlist in my library to be able to see this, so obnoxious. 

If that isn't frustrating enough. Instead of just clicking what would have been the heart/like button to unlike a song now we have to click remove from liked playlist. On my desktop PC app if you don't right click on the button it not only makes you do this but you have to confirm after you unselect to remove from liked playlist.

[Edwin71]

What do you mean with "You can see I have to find my liked playlist in my library to be able to see this"? If you click the checkmark you can immediately see (In the "Add to playlist" popup) whether the track is in the Liked Songs list or not (because it will appear on top of the list). Same behavior in the mobile app. Just trying to be helpful, because I do agree with anyone (expect Spotify) that playlist handling and liking songs are 2 separate things so these deserve/require separate controls or indications. Separation of concerns! Who can convince Spotify that their UX sucks?

[Puglifiled]

With the exceptions of removing the Like (heart) symbol, and not displaying album release dates in playlists, I think the desktop app has come a long way, in a good way. (I only listen to music on mobile, and do all my playlist creation/changes on desktop.)

I don't ever use Spotify offline, so I'm now using the Download Symbol as a Like Symbol substitute. With download quality set to Low, and the ability to clear all downloads in settings, it works out well enough (for me) for temporarily marking tracks, for various reasons, to assist with playlist building.

[joooooon]

Removing the heart button is the stupidest and most dysfunctional thing Spotify has ever done. It's crazy that it's not possible to see which songs I've liked in a playlist or album. Fix this now! 

[03-ckyvl_ivh5]

2025/02/09.

I insist. This section is a big lie. Useless. According to its own rules, Spotify should have closed the case or implemented the idea. A vague response from 2023 is the only thing that is available. Don't waste your time here, it's worthless.

[WorseEveryUpdate]

I am not sure if they entirely cut the team that actively monitors and reacts to these suggestions, if they just laugh at how much we struggle and achieve nothing or if they have been told to ignore us because we don't want the heart and are just too stupid to realize it.

Maybe it's the same people that pushed the sonos app? Or at least they seem to be related on a mental level.