Are Facebook and Spotify in Bed Together?

A Spotify spokesperson said that this was all about creating an “amazing new world of music discovery.” “As most of our users are already social and have already connected to Facebook, it seemed logical to integrate Spotify and Facebook logins,” the spokesperson wrote in an e-mail statement. “We already use Facebook as part of our backend to power our social features and by adopting Facebook's login, we've created a simple and seamless social experience.” From today, Spotify says that all new users will need to have a Facebook account to join the service. “Think of it as like a virtual 'passport', designed to make the experience smoother and easier, with one less username and password to remember,” the statement said. “You don't need to connect to Facebook and if you do decide to, you can always control what you share and don't share by changing your Spotify settings at any time.” Most significantly, the statement said that Spotify is “constantly trying new things, always looking for feedback and we're always going to listen to our users, making changes based on this feedback wherever we can.” That being the case, Spotify might want to take a look at what people are saying on the aforementioned getsatisfaction.com thread: “Sorry fellas, I've had it with this whole evil cyber empire thing,” lloyd-void-jr wrote. He included a screen capture of his cancelled subscription. “While this doesn't affect me personally, on general principle it frustrates me and it's decisions like these that are going to see Spotify run into the ground only to be beaten down by other services such as rdio,” John Wordsworth wrote. “This is the first time I've even looked at Spotify alternatives and I'm strongly considering cancelling my premium subscription as my final leap from this sinking ship.” spcomb concurs, saying, “Not cool. My Spotify account isn't linked to Facebook, and it'll stay that way, thankyouverymuch. If I didn't have an account already, this would prevent me from signing up.” Likewise, Victor says that he is done with the service. “Just cancelled my Spotify premium account,” he wrote. “Have fun without me Spotify. I, like many commenters [sic] here, will stop recommending Spotify to my friends. As an early adopter, most of my friends look to me for advice on these kinds of things and now will hear about other services.” There are many, many other responses, none of which are positive. Follow me @LouisBedigian