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I refused to pay a service to transfer my Spotify playlist—so I used Claude and ChatGPT instead

I skipped the paid playlist-transfer apps and let Claude and ChatGPT transfer my playlists for me.

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Spotify isn't the best music streaming app anymore

Your Spotify subscription has been quietly becoming less worth it.

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I finally found a local music player that works with Android Auto voice commands, and it's freed me from Spotify

I've managed to quit most of my subscriptions.

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4 reasons I replaced my Spotify subscription with Jellyfin

My taste in music got better once I stopped outsourcing it to an algorithm.

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Spotify now streams long magazine articles, not just audiobooks

Narrated articles make it an alternative to Apple News+ for avid readers.

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If you're a Spotify superfan, you can now buy concert tickets without the queue

Will the real fans please stand up?

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Spotify's new Studio app uses AI to weave audio into your life—here's how it works

Audiobooks and podcasts are also receiving overhauls.

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I let ChatGPT and Claude build my Spotify playlists, and this one was the clear winner

Which integration has the upper hand?

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Spotify crashes on its 20th anniversary—hundreds report login and search failures

Spotify has said it is aware of the technical issues

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What makes a Spotify hit? I tested over 30,000 songs in Python to find out

Digging through the data to find chart success.

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Spotify can now prove music wasn't made by AI—here's what to look for

The Verified by Spotify badge shows humans performed the songs.

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I used both Spotify and YouTube Music for a month, and the winner wasn’t even close

Round and round I go again.

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Why Spotify finally dethroned YouTube as my go-to streaming app

Video changed the game.

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You can now tell Claude your mood and it will create a Spotify playlist to match

A new entry point for music discovery on Spotify.

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5 annoying Spotify settings you need to turn off now (and why)

Elevate your listening experience.

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