👎 Spotify’s Rotten Move
🧑‍💻 tech![my Spotify Car Thing installed on my Apple Studio Display](https://scribbles.page/rails/active_storage/representations/proxy/eyJfcmFpbHMiOnsibWVzc2FnZSI6IkJBaHBBbzVrIiwiZXhwIjpudWxsLCJwdXIiOiJibG9iX2lkIn19--a74967c3ade6655cf0620a962902f6acf9e01e86/eyJfcmFpbHMiOnsibWVzc2FnZSI6IkJBaDdDRG9MWm05eWJXRjBTU0lKYW5CbFp3WTZCa1ZVT2hSeVpYTnBlbVZmZEc5ZmJHbHRhWFJiQjJrQ0FBaHBBZ0FHT2dwellYWmxjbnNIT2dwemRISnBjRlE2REhGMVlXeHBkSGxwWkE9PSIsImV4cCI6bnVsbCwicHVyIjoidmFyaWF0aW9uIn19--fa3dbe24e376882dfd8c9dddfec0441143a8bd41/IMG_0027.jpeg)
In December 2023, I pounced on the opportunity to acquire my on
Spotify CarThing. -
Although, it’s designed for the car, I have
been using it in my study ever since. It’s pretty nice to have physical
controls at your finger tips to change track, play your favourite
playlists, adjust volume etc.
Spotify discontinued the product in 2022 but the product itself was still working. At the time, Spotify merely stopped production and as such the only way to acquire it was from places like eBay.
Yesterday, I received the following email from Spotify:
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The dashboard accessory, which went out of production in 2022, will become e-waste at the end of this year. Spotify isn’t crediting or refunding customers.
This is an example of a rotten move from a billion dollar
corporation that is asking its users to trash its own product. There
should be laws that prevent companies from doing this. Spotify,did not
have the decency to explain why this action needs to be taken.Â
Being a Spotify subscriber for more than 8 years, today, I am not feeling all that great about keeping up with my Spotify subscription.Â