I’ll start with the positives: I like that you let me listen to music for free without feeling like a bad person for downloading it illegally. Also, thanks for not judging me for alternating between the “Hot Country,” “Indy Worship” and “Mozart” playlists.
You also do a lot of things that I don’t love, but I’m willing to look past those. I’ve learned to tolerate the Ting commercial that comes on every single time there’s a commercial. I’ve come to terms with your feud with Taylor Swift (I know she can sometimes be a challenge in relationships). I’m even okay with how you never let me skip more than five songs in a row, since I think this will help evolve my taste in the long run.
However, I still have a bone to pick with you, Spotify, because I can’t figure out how to change my account profile picture. I’ve looked through all the settings and I’ve tapped, held and swiped all the icons, but the picture won’t delete or update. Since I linked my account to Facebook, shouldn’t you change my account profile picture when I change my Facebook profile picture? I’ll answer that: you should change it, yet you don’t.
You’re probably wondering why I’m writing to complain to you about this. (I get the sense that you don’t think this is a big issue, since the picture did not change when I logged out and logged back in multiple times). But did it ever occur to you, Spotify, that sometimes we have profile pictures we’d rather not look at anymore? What if my dog had just died, but my profile picture when I created my account was a Norman Rockwell-style portrait of Fluffy and I? Do you think I should have to stare at Fluffy’s pink, pop art face every time I want to view my “Discover Weekly” playlist?
Or what if I made my account in October, so my profile picture was a Hillary 2016 photo? Should I be reminded of the defeat of feminism in America every time I want to listen to bad pop-country?
What if I had just gotten dumped and was trying to get over my ex by listening to an empowering break-up playlist, only to be accosted by the selfie of him and I that I just had deleted from my Facebook? It would be cruel of you, Spotify, to force me to stare at his annoyingly cute face next to mine in the matching clownfish hat I made him wear with me, especially when I can’t even listen to Taylor Swift on your stupid app.
Or what if I just had a really questionable haircut when I made my Spotify account, but I don’t want to be reminded of my poor style choice every time I try to listen to my “Daily Mix” on my walk to class?
So Spotify, please sync your app with Facebook more regularly, so I don’t have to look at a picture of my dead puppy, Hillary Clinton, my ex-boyfriend or my bad haircut every time I want to listen to music for free.
Sincerely,
Still not over your fight with Taylor Swift
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