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[All Platforms] Customize Start Screen

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!
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Updated on 2023-02-23

Hey folks,

We appreciate you sharing your feedback on the Community and showing your support to this idea.
 
We're setting this idea to 'Not Right Now', as this isn't something we have any immediate plans to implement. If we do have any new info to share, rest assured we'll check back in here with a new status.
 
Update from the 23rd of Feb 2023:
 
A new feature was recently introduced in the mobile app which you may find interesting as it allows users to remove content recommendations from the subfeeds (Music and Podcasts & Shows) of their Home screen, thus expanding upon the current customization options and offering a improved, more personalized experience. You can find more info about it in the Status update here.
 
Thanks.
Comments
starf0x64

I, too, would like a customizable home screen as well as a modifiable recently played list -  I swear I used to be able to remove stuff from my recently played... boo on that update. 

I listened to a podcast once and now I have all these recommendations for podcasts. No. Go away. 

HannesD

Podcasts I've listened to continue to show up first for me even though I'm no longer following them. Another podcast that I subscribe to and listen to twice a week isn't. And I have to search for it every time. Sucks.

dearSp0tifycowards

Spotify SUCKS!

I hope that shows up on your good morning tab forever now.

Yumperz

Hello and welcome to Spott i fy or "how to annoy your customers"

  1. There you have a playlist radio. But instead of playing songs similar to the songs (same genre) of the playlist, we play random pop**bleep** and just analyze new songs only by the name of the playlist and not the content.
  2. Have a look at our beautiful confusingly sorted front page. How to keep users as long inside the app as possible for better ratings? Just confuse them with random**bleep** and let them scroll through random podcasts with absolutly no relevance for the user. Maybe he will find a mix-playlist that is made of his listening behavior or better say "exactly the same 20 songs he heard just a minute ago"
  3. Ohh have you noticed, that you can hear audio books with spotify? Yeah right! We got you covered. Just... please don't play any music betweeen your audio book sessions. We know that other apps just have bookmarks for continuation at where you left the audio book, but we just figured it wouöd be better not to. See point number 2: how to keep users as long at the platform? Just confuse them and make them scroll through**bleep** until they find what they are maybe looking for.

Kind regards,

Not your spotify team, but maybe same guy who make all these**bleep** decisions in development plan 🙂

PoopTrainDix

 Allow people to change/rearrange/remove suggested shows/artists/songs from the home page on the apps.

 

Everyday I get suggestions from "shows you might like" and sometimes they are people who spew racist/misogynistic/bigoted material.  I don't want to see this at all.

Dean19

I will be moving over to Amazon as soon as I've finished my playlists. I can hide certain albums artists and songs, but not podcasts? Hmm. Very shortsighted, Spotify, you're going to end up alienating a lot of your original, core, paying customers.

I use Spotify for music. Just music. I get my podcasts elsewhere. Stop trying to shove this offensive nonsense down our throats. 

And to echo nearly every possible here - start LISTENING TO YOUR CUSTOMERS. 

I hope it was worth it.

Yours, one incredibly unhappy user. What happened to you man? You used to be cool.  😞

asir6

The ability to remove playlists suggested for me, that I would never use, is essential. I am appalled that Spotify does not allow this. Customizing my home screen is also essential. There are albums on there that I cannot imagine how they got there, as I have never listened to them or to the artist. Why can I not remove them?! Please, Spotify, listen to your users. Having choice is a good thing, lack of choice is an impediment to enjoyment and to growth of your service. I cannot recommend your service to others, so long as these glaring omissions remain! 

nasosal

As of right now, I am no longer a paying customer in Spotify.

The reason I left for them, in the comments field, is this one:

 

The "home" screen has been made into an area for constant advertising of content that I have no interest in and in some cases I find offensive. You have obviously decided to force this content on your paying customers, but in my mind, paying for a service should mean that I can choose what I listen to and what I see. You don't give me this option any more and I simply choose to not give you my money any more. It seems fair. It seems you have forgotten that there are other options on the market today. Good luck with your other unsatisfied customers.

 

I am now a Deezer premium customer. Deezer is not perfect in this regard either, but it's better. At least it keeps its podcast suggestions in the podcast section, so I don't see them each time I open the app.

 

Thank you all for the exchange of ideas and comments in here. Seeing that I am not the only "crazy" dude in the neighbourhood helped a lot.

 

Cheers!

mattwtf

Everytime I open the app, I have to see this stupid guy's face from on a podcast I listened to once 3 years ago. I haven't taken your suggestion to listen to this podcast again for 3 years, remove it from the list of suggestions.

FieryArctic

Are Spotify paying you to give advice this useless?

Thanks for linking a thread that has already been closed.

Also, this is not an "idea", it's a completely basic concept that it baffles me is missing from your billion dollar app.

If I don't want to see Joe Rogans dumb face every time I open this app, I shouldn't have to.

Also, someone earlier in the thread mentioned that explicit imagery is being shown whenever they open the app. Is avoiding that not important unless enough people vote on an "idea"? Which btw, no one will, because virtually no one sits around looking at which ideas you have. We're just here because an obvious feature is missing. If you want people to share and discuss topics for change, make it a part of the app itself. There's an idea.

 

"If anything else comes up, the Community will be here for you."

I highly doubt that.