Please continue supporting iOS/Android streaming SDKs

[florom]

We have been using those SDKs since they became available.

Our particular app (Amazing Slow Downer) lets the user play music more slowly, since a couple of years ago also songs from Spotify. The "ios-streaming-sdk" is a beautifully designed framework that lets an audio developer do practically everything needed.
In our case it makes it possible to access the raw audio samples and this way process the sound and then playback the processed audio using our regular audio playback engine. With your new SDK this is not possible. It might be that the "ios-streaming-sdk" is more difficult to use for an average developer but that also makes it more powerful.

We have many users that uses Spotify. Many users switch from other streaming services such as "Apple Music", Tidal, Amazon Music etc to Spotify just to be able to slow down streaming music in real time.

We believe our app gives Spotify many many new subscribers, so many that it would actually pay off for Spotify to maintain the "ios-streaming-sdk".

We only use "playlist" functions and after fixing a couple of bugs in the "metadata framework" available on github, everything works 100%. Although there are certainly some bugs in the “ios-streaming-sdk”, they are very few and don’t affect our app.

We also have an Android version of our app that uses your Android streaming SDK and it also works very good.

We believe Spotify will loose thousands of users, so many that the minimal cost Spotify need to spend on maintenance will pay off manifold.

Since our app also supports playback and slowing down of streaming Apple Music, many of our users will probably switch from subscribing to Spotify to subscribing to Apple Music.

You write:

"After September 1st, important functionality in the streaming SDKs will stop working."
Exactly what does that mean? What part of the SDK will continue to work?

Please continue supporting iOS/Android streaming SDKs!

Rolf Nilsson
CTO
Roni Music

[Lenneke]

Dear Spotify,

I use ASD a lot with singing and playing piano (playing difficult solos in a slower pace or singing in a higher pitch). Making music is one of the best things in life if you ask me. I am sure Spotify shares the same vision. 
i use the app on my ipad so the step to apple music is quickly made, but i dont believe that is the way we should go. 
I also really enjoyed playing Heardle which is not possible anymore in the Netherlands since Spotify took over. I cant help but seeing a trend in this. Please dont underestimate the fun of all these music related apps, especially the third party apps. It would be great if you can please reconsider your choices of not supporting ASD anymore. Kind regards, lenneke

[Lemoore]

Perhaps Spotiy could just explain the reasons. There may be something legal behind it. 

Many will now simply record songs through Audacity to create an MP3, or use a YouTube to MP3 converter.

[alembicf1x]

I am upset by Spotify's decision and intend to switch immediately to Apple music. I depend on Spotify's integration with Amazing Slow Downer to learn songs and the ability to correct the pitch and speed is extremely important to me.

[jambac]

 

[theflashgirl]

Dear Spotify Team,

I am a singer and I mainly subscribe to Spotify to learn and practice songs. I love using amazing slowdowner to practice riffs and runs, I practice guitar, practice songs and so much more with amazing slow downer and I listen to audiobooks with Eary. It’s been invaluable for developing my skills as a musician and songwriter. Please please please - I beg of you - make it possible for us to continue using Spotify like this. Its the

main reason I and many others subscribe 🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽

[ZachyDylan]

I’ve been using the Amazing Slow Downer app for years with Spotify to learn songs, solos, and arrangements by ear, as well as using the pitch change function in addition to playlists to organize music for different keys and singers and such. Taking away the ability to use this app with Spotify has taken away my most valuable tool as a musician. 

[geshultz]

I've already cancelled Spotify and accepted a three-months free offer from Apple, at which time the price will be exactly as Spotify. I've already used it on my Apple music library, and it works quite well for my purposes. Spotify, a company that pays its artists a mere pittance, is messing around with a lot of other artists who don't get paid much. I hope Apple does not follow suit and break the ASD app. Meanwhile, so long, Spotify. It was good while it lasted.

[bradmevans]

I moved to Tidal for streaming and have been downloading mp3s to use in ASD.

A bit slower to create playlists but at least I can still change both tempo
and pitch

[125081207]

Well said, Rolf.

You have hundreds of Amazing Slow Downer + Spotify Premium Users expressing their support in this forum alone -- and many thousands more, I'm sure, who are too angry, frustrated, and disappointed with Spotify's response to date from @spotifyjosh to put their feelings into words.

We, who value the tremendous utility of ASD's tempo and pitch adjustment tools in our everyday practice, will continue to monitor this forum, in hopes that Spotify will do the right thing for their long-time Premium subscribers in the creative community.

Music and money, yes -- but music first!

[thomasedinger]

Dear Spotify. Please reconsider this move. The Amazing Slow Downer is an invaluable tool in learning music and honing the craft. The cease of the Spotify integration with AMS is a major setback in music learning technology. I urge you to work out a solution with AMS and other apps that allow musicians to have access to the technology of changing the pitch and tempo of music. Kindly, Thomas Edinger, fulltime working musician from Copenhagen, Denmark (saxophone)

[martingerup]

I am having an interview with Therese Appelgren, product manager for Soundtrap Education and I'd like to know: What is the reaction from Spotify on this matter? Have Spotify replied? 

[RadicalApp]

They claim they couldn’t find a mechanism to provide this solution through newer SDKs but in reality it would have just been a case of not shutting down this SDK and it’s supporting APIs.

it was likely an exec (CFO would be my guess) decision to stop people from listening to Spotify through experiences who’s content they can’t control and push them into first party experience and toward  industry promoted playlists and podcasts, both of which are better for Spotifys bottom line (which makes sense given current macro economics).

[mjtee]

I'd pay to keep the link between Spotify and Amazing Slow Downer.    

[Foxknox67]

So would I

[drummereub]

Please reinstate ASD compatibility with Spotify. As a musician and educator it's the only reason I subscribe to your premium service. Without ASD/Spotify capabilities, I will be forced to find another streaming service. Thanks! 

[Adiss]

After September 1st, important functionality in the streaming SDKs will stop working."
Exactly what does that mean? What part of the SDK will continue to work?

Please continue supporting iOS/Android streaming SDKs!

[AlecGness]

Amazing slow downer is the only reason I am subscribed to spotify. I am a guitar teacher and use it to slow down songs for my students in real time. If it is no longer supported, I will be unsubscribing from spotify.

[Lemoore]

I really don't think a few hundred people is going to impact this decision sadly. Software development is not cheap and if it's really an SDK issue then we're toast 

[Tzremix]

It’s tens of thousands. Every music teacher in the world that knew about
the integration used it.

[Lemoore]

Sure but they're not all going to cancel Spotify and they're not all ln this thread!

They would've looked at telemetry before making this decision and figured they could get away with it. It sucks.