5 March 2024

What happened, Spotify?

I opened Spotify on my laptop last night, and this was what met me:

A screenshot of the very messy Spotify start screen anno March 2024

I think the only way you could possibly end up with such an aggressive, almost hostile, first screen is through micro-optimisation. To try and maximise every little inch of screen real estate according to some metric, with no regard for the overall experience.