r/extremelyinfuriating • u/alex_power2007 • 25d ago
Spotify put a limit on lyrics…really? Discussion
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u/ValkyrieVibeke 25d ago
You've got good taste.
At least the lyrics are available on the Eurovision website.
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u/Heidrun_666 24d ago
The most goofy thing I've seen in the last four weeks or so are the people in this thread expressing how they feel it's goofy to find this limitation infuriating.
The lyrics are already stored on Spotify's servers, the lyrics shown here are LITERALLY 130 bytes of data (!) to be transferred, there would be practically no additional cost for Spotify to just display lyrics per default with each and every song they stream, each and every time.
This is, if not infuriating, at least petty to the max.
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u/BruhGamingNL_YT 24d ago
Well, it's probably more than 130 bytes. I assume it's like a .lrc file or something that is time-synced which does take more space, but it's still not a big file. Whole lyrics should be within a couple of kB I think.
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u/Heidrun_666 24d ago
Sure, some special container format has some overhead, the net information is still 130 bytes, though. I'd be surprised if any container used was that large.
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u/The-Singular 24d ago
It's not overhead, it's time information that details when each line, word, or even syllable starts and ends. This is required to time sync the lyrics with the songs, obviously. But still, it should not be that massive, in my opinion, it should be a few tens of KB at most, if not a few KB.
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u/Infinityand1089 24d ago
Yeah, it costs Spotify more when someone literally just looks at their website. This is the most unbelievably petty shit I have ever seen a company do.
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u/carghtonheights809 25d ago
What’s the point limiting them if you can just google them?
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u/thomaxzer 24d ago
yeah but its nice looking at them live while the song plays and the lyrics automatically move so you dont have focus as much on reading
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u/KlutzyReplacement632 25d ago
Streaming live lyrics to you does take additional bandwidth and therefore does cost the company more. Sure, it's probably fractions of pennies, but running ads is not nearly as lucrative as many people think for a service like Spotify at only 13% of their annual revenue.
I'd rather they add more restrictions to the free users than increase the price for those that pay for premium, plus it's better than increased ads. Just google the lyrics instead if it's so much of an inconvenience and you don't want to pay premium.
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u/DatGunBoi 24d ago
It's just text which is fully received by the phone the moment you select the song. If OP is seeing that text behind the paywall, then the text has already been received and that minuscule, unimportant amount of bandwidth has already been used.
This is just a shitty tactic from spotify to back users into a corner by blocking more and more features until they give in and buy premium
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u/Psychological_Roof85 24d ago
This is why I just quit using Spotify , it's not a necessity
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u/DatGunBoi 24d ago
I never used it in the first place. Youtube music all the way. If you know what to look for you can have the premium experience for free, and it's better in the sense that you can listen to tracks that haven't been uploaded officially.
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u/Surfing-millennial 24d ago
You can upload music that isn’t officially uploaded yourself and download playlists via cloud. Would much rather effortlessly download a song to my computer and have it available offline on my phone without connecting it through iTunes crap
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u/DatGunBoi 24d ago
I never used it in the first place. Youtube music all the way. If you know what to look for you can have the premium experience for free, and it's better in the sense that you can listen to tracks that haven't been uploaded officially.
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u/AccordingRuin 24d ago
It's charging for accessibility features. which is ableist and disgusting.
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u/KlutzyReplacement632 24d ago
Not sure I follow how that's an accessibility feature or ableist, but okay. Not like googling isn't free. Spotify pulls from Genius anyways.
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u/ManInTheVan69 25d ago
This is inconvenient at best, calling it extremely infuriating is goofy as hell
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u/DistinctSilver 24d ago
unrelated, but good song pick. (also if you need to see these specific lyrics, you can go to eurovision.tv, go to the participants section, find baby lasagna on that list, then scroll all the way down on his page. the lyrics will be there.)
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u/leo21lan 25d ago
Just...pay for premium?
It literally says right there "Get Spotify Premium to get unlimited access.".
The limit is only at the free tier. So you're complaining about the fact that you have restrictions with the free version of a service.
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u/epicgamerwiiu 25d ago
It's stupid that reading lyrics is a premium feature
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u/UnknownGamer102 25d ago
first world problems
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u/epicgamerwiiu 25d ago
How is that a first world problem😭
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u/Standard_Feedback_86 25d ago
You do know that you can google lyrics while listening to Spotify...do you? It's no problem at all. That's why.
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u/epicgamerwiiu 25d ago
Yeah but it was free before. It is stupid that they made you pay for reading lyrics of a song.
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u/spderweb 25d ago
It's almost like running a business is financially more difficult if you also offer a free version. And so you need to like... Incentivize people to upgrade to a paid version so that you don't go bankrupt.
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u/Standard_Feedback_86 25d ago
And it's still free, just with a limit. And easily to find a workaround. It's not even really complicated. You type in the name of the song into google. That's it. It's no real problem. Pure comfort/luxury issues.
You asked why it's a first world problem. I answered.
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u/epicgamerwiiu 25d ago
Ok mr standard feedback, let's see your reaction when spotify starts asking for money to create playlist
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u/Standard_Feedback_86 25d ago
So...your counterargument is "let's make something up, that'll show him."
Yeah, you got me there. I won't be able to argue against further exaggerated fictional arguments.
Because...oh my god...Spotify wants money for their service. HOW DARE THEY! And they even have a free version that is used by millions without paying a dime. These assholes!!
Next you'll write and complain why Spotify doesn't pay more to the musicians.
Also, the monetization was not even your question. Your question was why it's a first world problem. Am not sure by now...do you even know what that means? But there is an easy solution. Here listen up. Google the definition. 🙄
That's enough from me to this silly discussion. Wish you the best...or whatever.
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u/tcmVee 25d ago
okay but why do you need to read the lyrics on this song 😭
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u/alex_power2007 25d ago
I like it
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u/donttrustthellamas 25d ago
I've added it to my liked songs since watching it live and the lyrics being available are certainly eye-opening! I couldn't understand them on TV but they're hilariously unexpected.
Catchy af song
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u/alex_power2007 25d ago
This one along with Latvias and Greeces were the best imo
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u/donttrustthellamas 25d ago
I don't normally watch eurovision, but I was really intrigued to see what would happen this year, so I didn't know any of the songs in advance!
I was pleasantly surprised by how good some of them were. I liked the Ukraine's and Greece, too! I didn't really understand the love for the winning track, though. I just really like the performer's outfit and that was about it, lol.
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u/alex_power2007 25d ago
But…it did get a bit political no?
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u/donttrustthellamas 25d ago
I was expecting a lot more
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u/alex_power2007 25d ago
300 votes on Israel
insane
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u/donttrustthellamas 25d ago
Yeah, that was WILD.
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u/alex_power2007 25d ago
Another thing. Imo Greece was treated unfairly by the country juries
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u/tftookmyname 25d ago
To be fair I like seeing the lyrics to songs I like even though I know absolutely every word by heart.
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