How to Reenable Legacy Left Library Bar

[hugaluga]

Plan

Premium

Country

USA

Device

PC

Operating System

Windows 11

My Question / Issue
Is there a way to rollback the playlist menu to the way it looked 1 year ago?

I much prefer dealing with basic folders organized and ordered by me rather than this sidebar bloated with album art and recent listens. Maybe some people like that experience, but I find it chaotic and distracting (I don't even like to have Spotify open in a side window anymore). It would be great if you started offering different UI options for different listener types. I consider myself a long-term power user and this makes me want to leave the platform.

For reference, if this does get in front of people making strategic decisions: I've been paying for premium for over a decade. I felt like the Spotify UI was basically perfect a few years ago and I was ready to keep being a customer for the foreseeable future.

The changes over the last year have introduced enough friction for me that I'm actually considering Apple Music. I have several friends who are also longtime premium subscribers that feel the same way. I wish we could opt into a legacy experience (I won't even mention how many people have told me that they hate the changes to the like button - even casual users seem to be annoyed).