[All Platforms] Customize Start Screen

[DK411]

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!

[RampantDemon]

A feature request with over 10k votes that's been open for 5 years, is still actively getting votes and it's still in the backlog.  Is this a joke?  Its something I'd expect from Atlassian but this is actually below their standards!

[kddmail45]

Please reduce the number of elements on the home page. When you launch the app there are between 150 and 200 elements that one can select from. This is disorienting and makes using the app confusing rather than joyful. The home page should help me navigate to what I want. It should not be a list of over 150 items of Spotify "offering suggestions". Use AI to suggest just 10 total things I may want.

[Drenami]

Spotify, fix this problem ffs. Either that or provide an actual explanation for why you can't do that. JFC this is so basic and fundamental. Not only is this an ignorant and tone deaf development decision, but it now screws up the integration with Microsoft Focus, which uses the Spotify "shortcut" selections to populate the focus music choices. So, if you are dumb enough to try new music and podcasts on Spotify then your Microsoft focus selections get unilaterally replaced by the app. If this doesn't get addressed, I will absolutely non-renew Spotify and consider this brand permanently damaged due to gross neglect of the clear wishes of the user community. Total. Fail. 

[Jacknichols]

any update here, Jeremy? it's 2023 now

[Dayydreamers]

It’s cluttered, sloppy, and a repeat of the**bleep**. Like I don’t need the same music I listen to suggested to me in 5 - 10 different ways. God it’s so horrible. I wish there was a way to turn it all off completely. I’ve managed to clear almost all clutter from my life but this one feels impossible and it’s really upsetting because I **bleep**ing LOVE music. It bugged me so much the other day that I decided I am going to try to find an alternative until they change. Please fix this.

[Robotmonkey113]

Did a live-chat with spotify (still ongoing as I write this).

I'm on my 2nd member of the support team - they're both going to "investigate the matter".

[mathisbrogers]

@Robotmonkey113

Did you ask, "When, the day after never?" 😁

They are "Programmed" to say that, I'm sure.

[timbeard1023]

By far the most requested idea. And still "not right now"?

My suggestion is just to close this whole section of the website. Rather simply ignore user requests without pretending to listen. I think this would actually lead to less frustration.

Having a place where ideas can be provided and voted upon, but are ultimately ignored simply leads to a false hope.

Nobody at Spotify even comments upon or discusses the ideas, so they're clearly not even worth one person spending a morning a week on them, so maybe stop pretending.

[AdrianM0073]

YES PLEASE. Not having this is ruining my Spotify experience. Whatever spotify used early on was better anyway. The app is "over optimized" and has become rather junky. Please change before I cancel the subscription.

[GrilldCheezer]

Hi, I've been a premium subscriber for a few years now, and I think it would be a great feature for the Home Screen to be more customizable. Right now, I like at the top of the Home Screen that it gives suggestions you frequently listen to, but it doesn't seem like much else is customizable. For example, just below the "Good Evening" area is a section with all of 'My Shows'. I would love if I could manually replace that with another section, because I never listen to podcasts and I think it would be more interesting to choose what's there instead of it always being the same things that don't apply to me at all. I think it would be really cool if there were an option to customize the color palette, layout, and sizes of things on the Home Screen.